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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 David Cameron and Nick Clegg issued two markedly different warnings about the “painful” spending cuts ahead, just weeks before the emergency Budget. The prime minister and deputy prime minister offered a message which was factually identical but politically a mile apart, with Mr Cameron sounding a tough message on the cuts to… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Rebel parliamentarian Frank Field has become the first Labour MP to accept a job with the Lib-Con coalition government. Mr Field, who has a long track record of rebelling against the former Labour government, will head up an independent review into UK poverty. The review will include analysis of how school life… Read more »