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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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Both Labour and the Conservatives have insisted they acted within the law in failing to declare millions of pounds worth of loans ahead of the last general election. In separate hearings before the committee on standards in public life yesterday, both Labour chairwoman Hazel Blears and shadow constitutional affairs secretary Oliver Heald said their parties… Read more »
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 »
