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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’s efforts to tackle violence against women are too piecemeal and inadequately funded, a damning new report has said. An independent assessment by the End Violence Against Women campaign gave the government an overall mark of just two out of ten for the way it tackled the problem. Half of women will suffer some… Read more »
MPs will have a vote on whether to replace Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent early next year, Downing Street has confirmed. The vote will follow a three-month consultation into the government’s preferred options for the future of Trident, to be published in a white paper in December. Tony Blair yesterday repeated his personal support for replacing… Read more »
