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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 »
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By politics.co.uk staff Parents will not be spared the requirement to work to continue to receive parents, Iain Duncan Smith has insisted. The work and pensions secretary told BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show that even those with a family to look after would risk losing their benefits if they refused to work. Plans to toughen… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pledged to seek “national reconciliation” a day after being freed by her country’s military junta. Senior figures in the UK government welcomed her release after she was detained for 15 of the last 21 years yesterday and backed her initial calls for discussion rather… Read more »
