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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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Gordon Brown will fail to hit his target of three million new homes by 2020 according to a senior figure in the housing industry. David Orr, chief executive of the National Housing Federation (NHF), said today unless radical action is taken only 1.6 million homes will be completed by 2020 and the full three million… Read more »
Resentment against Gordon Brown has permeated even the rank-and-file of the Labour party, a new survey of party activists suggests. A poll for Labourhome.org show a slim majority of activists – 54 per cent – would rather Mr Brown stepped down. Forty-five per cent believed the party’s prospects would improve at the next general election… Read more »
