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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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Gordon Brown is piling the pressure on high street banks and building societies to cut their lending rates after the Bank of England’s one per cent cut yesterday. “Banks should really pass on the interest rate cuts,” he told GMTV this morning. “Remember the last time interest rates came down 1.5 per cent, we had… Read more »
The number of homes equipped to care for dementia sufferers – and places in those homes – are falling dramatically, according to figures uncovered by the Conservatives. The number of people with dementia is expected to increase by 240,000 by 2021, and projected to reach 1,735,087 by 2051. But the number of homes able to… Read more »
