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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 eight richest countries are unlikely to meet their commitment to increase aid to developing countries by $50 billion by 2010, Oxfam has warned. In a new report, the aid charity says the practice of double-counting, where rich countries count debt cancellation in their aid budgets, continues and is hiding the real level of aid…. Read more »
The government was forced to deny suggestions of cronyism yesterday when the wife of a Home Office minister was named the new head of education watchdog Ofsted. Christine Gilbert, a former head teacher and currently chief executive of the London borough of Tower Hamlets, will take over as chief inspector of schools in October. Ms… Read more »
