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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 acted unlawfully in changing the rules governing highly-skilled immigration. The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) Forum has won a high court challenge to the government’s reforms to the way highly-skilled migrants can apply to work in the UK. It has been ruled the original terms of migrants’ entry should be honoured and the… Read more »
The government is to offer grants to first-time buyers in order to lift this crucial group onto the housing ladder, housing minister Caroline Flint has announced. News of the extra cash came as lenders announced a severe correction in house prices, with Halifax today reporting a 2.5 per cent fall in house prices last month…. Read more »
