News
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 »
Latest articles
MPs have accepted some minor changes to their expenses system. The Commons rejected Conservative plans to take almost all second home items, like furniture, off the list of possible claims members of parliament can make. But MPs accepted government plans to make the National Audit Office auditor of their expenses and to cap annual expenses… Read more »
Alan Johnson has unveiled a ten-year strategy to give people at the end of their lives more choice about where they die. The £268 million scheme will ensure that community nursing services are available 24 hours a day so that more people can be cared for and die at home if they wish. Health and… Read more »
