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Defra to review GL45 in light of reduction of AI risk

BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »

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Keir Starmer declares that he has picked Labour up off the canvas

Ahead of the labour party’s annual conference which starts in Liverpool later today, the labour party leader has boldly declared that he has ‘picked’ the party up off the canvas. Speaking to Sunday with Laura Kuennssberg, Sir Keir Starmer said, “Over the last two years, I have taken the labour party, picked it up off… Read more »

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Kwarteng dramatically cuts tax, and rolls the dice on growth

Little more than two weeks into his tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwarsi Kwarteng has this morning unveiled the largest set of tax cutting measures seen in Britain since the Barber budget of 1972. This is something of which Mr Kwarteng, who holds a PhD in ecomomic history, will be acutely aware. In what… Read more »