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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »
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The Government is set to trial a more rigorous version of the A-Level “gold standard” next year, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly has said. From 2006, bright students will take exams with an optional set of questions at the end of the paper. The Department of Education and Skills is hopeful the test scheme will be… Read more »
The Government has been too slow to make the case for the UK keeping its EU budget rebate, a senior Tory MEP has claimed. Edward McMillan-Scott, a vice president of the European Parliament, accused the Prime Minister of only just having made the link between the rebate and wider EU budget reforms. Tony Blair faces… Read more »
