* general election 2010

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BASC welcomes significant improvement on GL43

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 »

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BASC and Natural England meet to talk wildfowling

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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Comment: Democracy is making a choice - so make a choice
Comment: Democracy is making a choice – so make a choice

Why spoiling your ballot is no better than staying at home. By Aled Thomas Is there any more smugly infuriating thing to say than “I will vote for the none-of-the above party?” Well, probably yes, “this cash machine is out of order” and “not tonight, I’m watching Glee” I suppose, but the call for the… Read more »

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The Conservatives have raised by far the most money this year
Tories far outstrip rivals on funding

By Sam Dale The Conservatives have received well over half of all party donations this year and far more than Labour and the Liberal Democrats combined. A total of £12,357,714 has been given to the Tories compared with £4,072,432 for Labour and £1,931,147 for the Liberal Democrats. The Electoral Commission published political parties’ donations and… Read more »