Constitutional Reform
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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Clegg’s announcement of a raft of constitutional reforms prompted angry outbursts in the Commons. But who benefits, and will anything really change? By Ian Dunt Jack Straw’s rage was palpable as he responded to Nick Clegg’s statement on constitutional reform in the Commons yesterday. Despite having put a referendum on AV in its manifesto, Labour… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A union challenge to reform of civil servants’ redundancy packages will be blocked through legislation, as ministers quickly abandoned hope of resolving the dispute through negotiation. Yesterday Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union general secretary Mark Serwotka warned industrial action was a near certainty in the face of proposals which would bring… Read more »
