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
By politics.co.uk stafff The Financial Services Authority (FSA) should investigate the advice councils received which led them to invest in Icelandic banks, an influential committee of MPs has found. The communities and local government select committee wants the FSA to take a more active role in the advice which led to local authorities having £1… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson An intervention against proposed Territorial Army training cuts from No 10 has resulted in another humiliating U-turn for the government. Gordon Brown spoke to defence secretary Bob Ainsworth and chief of the general staff General Sir David Richards yesterday before agreeing to scrap a proposed £20 million reduction. Conservatives are hailing the… Read more »
