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BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The House of Lords has rejected a move to legalise Brits taking their loved ones overseas for assisted suicide. The measure, which was fitted in as an amendment to the coroners and justice bill, was defeated in a free vote by 194 to 141. It was proposed by Lord Falconer, former Labour… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Alistair Darling has laid out plans to strengthen regulation of the banking sector in a much-expected white paper, but the Tories have dismissed it as “totally inadequate”. The chancellor told the Commons the Financial Services Authority (FSA) watchdog would be given a statutory duty to preserve stability in the sector. He said… Read more »
