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BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »
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George Galloway has accepted the invitation to stand as a parliamentary candidate for the Respect Party at the next general election. The co-founder of Respect will stand in the East London constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow at the general election, predicted to be called for May next year. Mr Galloway launched Respect, the Unity… Read more »
The Chancellor’s decision not to raise fuel duty at its current level has been welcomed by freight organisations – but derided by environmentalist. Delivering the Pre-Budget Report to the Commons this lunchtime, Gordon Brown said that due to the continued volatility of the oil markets, fuel duty will be frozen for another year. Vehicle license… Read more »
