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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is said to be lining up Gordon Brown as a possible replacement for Horst Koehler, who resigned as managing director yesterday. While there has been no indication that Mr Brown is planning to quit as Labour’s longest serving chancellor, head of the IMF is one of the few positions he… Read more »
Liberal Democrats leader Charles Kennedy outlined the party’s spending plans for the forthcoming General Election today. He proposed moving some government departments out of London, in order to boost employment in other areas and save money. Mr Kennedy also revealed that a Lib Dem government would scrap the unpopular council tax in favour of a… Read more »
