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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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By politics.co.uk staff Campaigners pushing for a limit on the Vatican’s political influence will hit the streets of London today, in a march coordinated with protests in Rome. A ‘No Vat’ demonstration will take to the streets of the Italian capital, given impetus by the Vatican’s involvement in an Italian controversy over a father who… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Taxpayer money will go to drug dealers unless the Tories back plans to force drug addict benefit recipients to enter treatment, a Labour MP has said. Charlotte Atkins, MP for Staffordshire Moorlands, said the Tories were wrong to let drug users receive benefits without rehabilitation. Providing addicts with money but not requiring… Read more »
