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Firearms licensing delays at untenable level, warns UK’s largest shooting organisation

Delays to firearms licensing are set to reach record highs causing significant complications for certificate holders according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Covid restrictions, regulatory medical involvement and a peak in firearms licensing renewals has caused mass disruption across licensing departments in England and Wales. In… Read more »

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BASC’s scholarship programme opens for 2022 applications

Applications for BASC’s legacy funded scholarship programme aimed at supporting further education opportunities in conservation, land management and gamekeeping have opened for the 2022 intake. The scholarship is directed at assisting students wanting to progress their education in the land management sector. Scholarships this year are in memory of Mr Herbert Heywood, who kindly left… Read more »

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David Cameron sets out his plans for the NHS
Cameron calls for NHS independence

The Conservatives have today put forward their plans for an NHS independence bill which would take politicians out of the day-to-day running of the health service. Leader David Cameron also committed the party to an increase in real terms spending on public services, saying: “All parties support increased funding for the NHS.” Speaking to the… Read more »

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John Major calls on right-wing Conservatives to pipe down
Major: Right-wing battle awaits Cameron

John Major has backed David Cameron to become the first Conservative prime minister since he himself stepped down in 1997, but only if the current leader can silence the party’s right-wing once and for all. Mr Cameron used his maiden conference speech as leader of the Conservatives to claim the party had only ever been… Read more »