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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 Alex Stevenson David Cameron experienced few perils in his first prime minister’s questions, after five years on the other side of the Commons chamber. The new PM’s first half-hour session was dominated by questions about Afghanistan, the economy and developments in Israel and Cumbria. New leader of the opposition Harriet Harman, after asking a… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Campaigner from a range of different charities and pressure groups have united to defend the UK’s leading asylum legal charity from closure. Amnesty International, Liberty and Barnardos were among the groups writing to the justice and home secretaries today, seeking assurances about the future of Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ), which provides… Read more »
