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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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In a personal statement to the House of Commons following PMQs, former health secreatry Sajid Javid made a statement in reaction to his resignation on Tuesday evening. Javid told MPs that “the tightrope between loyalty and integrity has become impossible”. “At some point, we have to conclude that enough is enough, and I… Read more »
Following the resignations of senior secretaries of state Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid on Tuesday evening, prime minister Boris Johnson faced questions from Labour leader Keir Starmer. Starmer focused on the appointment of former minister Chris Pincher, grilling the PM, asking Johnson to avoid “bluster and half truths”, something of which Starmer said “we’ve all… Read more »
