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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 government said it will seek to reduce the number of empty homes maintained by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after the Liberal Democrats claimed it was wasting more than £25 million a year on unoccupied properties. The MoD argues it has to maintain some empty housing stock to accommodate movements within the armed forces… Read more »
The Conservatives have restated their pledge to abolish home information packs (Hips) as part of a review of the home buying process. The Tories believe they can make buying and selling houses cheaper and less stressful and today set out plans for a review of policy. Housing secretary Grant Shapps said a Conservative government would… Read more »
