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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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The Electoral Commission should spend less time worrying about voter turnout and focus more on tackling electoral fraud, the Conservatives have said. They warned the introduction of all-postal votes in some areas and their subsequent withdrawal over fears of widespread vote-rigging was a classic example of how the watchdog had got its priorities wrong. “In… Read more »
All Londoners eligible to vote will have a say in the Conservative candidate for the capital’s mayoral elections, David Cameron has announced. The party leader said the election, which will take place 18 months before the 2008 election in the capital, would help people get “talking and thinking about politics again”. All registered members of… Read more »
