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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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No-one will have to wait longer than 18 weeks for a hospital appointment if Labour wins a third term, Prime Minister Tony Blair said today. Unveiling a health ‘mini-manifesto’, he said the pledge showed Labour was determined to keep “driving forward” improvements in the NHS. Waiting times have previously been measured from the date an… Read more »
Local government needs to be radically reformed if it is to meet the needs of modern society. That is the conclusion of think-tank the New Local Government Network (NLGN), which argues that both larger city level councils and smaller community organisations are needed if local democracy is to be revived. Recent attempts to change the… Read more »