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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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Today we learn that David Cameron is fed up with what he calls the “buggeration factor” of trying to ram policies past the civil service. The PM’s frustration is understandable, one of his former special advisers says.
Frustrated coalition ministers are escalating their war with civil service mandarins today, with an unusually honest report admitting its failures over the last 12 months.