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BASC’s scholarship programme open for 2023 applications

Applications are now open for this year’s BASC Legacy Funded Scholarship Programme. Now in its fifth year, the scholarship programme is one part of the BASC legacy package that helps support people who want to develop their knowledge of conservation, land management or gamekeeping. The scheme is open to any college or university student studying, or… Read more »

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Young gundog handlers urged to enter Crufts 2023

Young gundog handlers are being urged to enter this year’s Crufts competition, with the event being described as ‘unforgettable’.   Thirteen-year-old Tallulah Dyson, who has successfully competed on multiple occasions, said she could not recommend Crufts more and was keen to urge other young gundog enthusiasts to enter.   Crufts 2023 will take place at… Read more »

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Prospective Tory parliamentary candidates are working for lobbying firms that seek to influence their party.
Tory candidates work for lobby companies

By politics.co.uk staff Almost thirty prospective Conservative parliamentary candidates are working for lobbying and PR firms that seek to influence their party. The news, revealed by The Times today, shows that some of the candidates had been involved in putting their clients cases to senior members of the party. Increasingly, many lobbying firms are targeting… Read more »

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John Bercow faces a battle against Nigel Farage of Ukip at the next election
Bercow: MPs’ holiday is too long

By politics.co.uk staff MPs’ 12-week summer holidays are too long and should be shortened, the Speaker has said. John Bercow expressed discomfort with the length of the holidays at a meeting of researchers and educational charities organised by the Hansard Society. The issue has been given added impetus this year, as observers take a critical… Read more »