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BASC has said a new Natural History GCSE will help support the decision makers of the future steer the natural world for years to come. The new GCSE – which is set to launch in September 2025 – has the potential to engage thousands of schoolchildren each year by tackling topics such as conservation, sustainability, species interactions, climate change and… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be pushing for “meaningful improvements” within a Defra-published public consultation on a series of proposals to the dog microchipping regulations. The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations were introduced in 2015 to increase re-unification rates of lost and stolen dogs, benefiting dog welfare and saving local authorities… Read more »
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Tony Blair today said that moderate Muslims had a key role in defeating “the ideas” of Islamic extremism. The government cannot go in and root out extremism in the Muslim community, this was up to communities, he told senior MPs. It follows criticism from a prominent Muslim MP about the lack of progress made by… Read more »
A new scheme to buy and build primary care premises might be taking funds from other primary care needs, an influential committee of MPs has said. The public accounts committee has expressed concerns over the Local Improvement Finance Trusts (Lift) initiative, which was designed to provide £1 billion worth of investment, from both the private… Read more »
