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Royal Mail rows back on knife ban

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 »

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New deer management orders could contravene human rights according to Scotland’s largest shooting organisation

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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Local govt pension deficit ‘up to £100bn’

By politics.co.uk staff Pension schemes covering four million people may have seen a huge rise in the shortfall between assets and liabilities, according to a study. Independent consultant John Ralfe claimed that the deficit in the local government pension scheme had sky-rocketed to £100 billion, up from £42 billion in 2007. Mr Ralfe’s research suggests… Read more »

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Comment: Predictions of the coalition’s early demise are a fantasy

HMS Lib Dem is springing leaks and listing badly, but commentators should know better than to predict the annihilation of a political party five years out from a general election. By Peter Wozniak It seems the fashion in Westminster right now when concerning the Liberal Democrats to herald – Nostradamus-style – the inevitable demise of… Read more »