

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »
Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England, had the opportunity to see first-hand the conservation efforts of wildfowling clubs when he visited the Lytham & District Wildfowling Association (LDWA). Accompanied by staff from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), Tony took part in a conservation walk around the club’s land at the mouth of… Read more »
By Matthew West David Cameron has committed a future Conservative government to spending cuts, starting with reducing ministerial salaries and freezing MPs’ salaries at current levels. The Conservative leader said a future Conservative government would freeze MPs’ salaries at their current levels for the duration of the next parliament. He also announced that the salaries… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson David Cameron has promoted Speaker contest runner-up Sir George Young to the shadow Cabinet, after demoting Alan Duncan. Sir George replaces Mr Duncan as shadow leader of the House after the latter was caught on hidden camera expressing the view that MPs had to live “on rations”. As chairman of the Commons’… Read more »