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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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William Hague says Tories would be prepared to re-write the Treaty of Rome
Tories will do ‘whatever it takes’ for US trading ties

The Conservatives would be prepared to renegotiate the 1957 treaty that created the EU trading bloc to strengthen economic ties with the US, William Hague has said. The shadow foreign secretary admitted changing the Treaty of Rome would be an “enormous exercise” but said it should be something championed by the UK government. He was… Read more »

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David Cameron admits his party has not always appreciated public servants
Cameron: We must not bash civil servants

The Conservatives have been guilty of “bashing bureaucrats” and characterising them as lazy and inefficient, David Cameron will admit today. In a charm offensive designed to boost the image of his “modern, compassionate” Conservatism, Mr Cameron will call on politicians to acknowledge the hard work done by public servants – and take a dig at… Read more »