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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 Alex Stevenson An exodus of high-skilled immigrants leaving Britain should have us more worried than the current debate allows, a thinktank has claimed. Research from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) suggests the number of ‘re-migrants’ – those who come to work in Britain but return to their country of origin soon afterwards… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Reports of Barack Obama’s opinion of David Cameron reached a new low this morning after it emerged the US president considered the Tory leader to have no substance. After meeting Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Mr Cameron on July 26th last year, President Obama is said to have decided that Mr Blair… Read more »
