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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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Tony Blair had one good year and since then “everything he’s done has been wrong”, a former Labour chancellor and one of the party’s most senior statesmen has said. Lord Healey said that although 1997 was not bad, the war in Iraq, foundation hospitals and university top-up fees meant the prime minister’s legacy would be… Read more »
The government’s response to terrorism is alienating the Muslim community and is damaging its ability to tackle the problem, a new report has warned. Research by think tank Demos today finds efforts to engage British Muslims after last summer’s London bombings have been too rushed, have treated the Muslim community as a homogenous group and… Read more »
