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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sent its final recommendations to the government on the restriction proposals for lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales. This is the culmination of a consultation launched in 2022, which has run alongside the voluntary transition away from lead first proposed by nine leading rural organisations, including BASC,… Read more »

BASC hosted twenty members of Police Scotland’s Firearms Licensing Team last week as part of an ongoing commitment to provide training support for the force. The two-day program provided participants with an in-depth understanding of key topics related to firearms and shooting, reinforcing the strong working relationship between BASC and Police Scotland. The Continuous Professional… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Ed Miliband had reason to be cheerful this morning after a Guardian/ICM poll put Labour ahead of the Tories for the first time since 2007. The party has struggled in the polls since Gordon Brown decided against an early election, but the party is now registering a two-point lead. The improvement comes… Read more »

politics.co.uk gives its take on what the shadow Cabinet should look like. By Ian Dunt and Alex Stevenson Not only are the odds of this becoming reality vanishingly thin but our fantasies have also been restricted, rather cruelly, by the number of MPs going for the front bench. These politicians have been picked from the… Read more »
















