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BASC’s scholarship programme open for 2023 applications

Applications are now open for this year’s BASC Legacy Funded Scholarship Programme. Now in its fifth year, the scholarship programme is one part of the BASC legacy package that helps support people who want to develop their knowledge of conservation, land management or gamekeeping. The scheme is open to any college or university student studying, or… Read more »

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Young gundog handlers urged to enter Crufts 2023

Young gundog handlers are being urged to enter this year’s Crufts competition, with the event being described as ‘unforgettable’.   Thirteen-year-old Tallulah Dyson, who has successfully competed on multiple occasions, said she could not recommend Crufts more and was keen to urge other young gundog enthusiasts to enter.   Crufts 2023 will take place at… Read more »

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Gift aid backed to widen party donors
Gift aid ‘could help widen party donations’

By Alex Stevenson Small donations to political parties should be given tax exemption through gift aid, a Labour backbencher has said. Martin Linton made the call as he prepared to push the government on another party funding issue next Monday. The Battersea MP tabled an amendment to the finance bill suggesting that tax relief should… Read more »

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Cameron delivered his last speech to conference before the general election today
Video: Cameron prepares for speech

Conservative leader David Cameron prepares, with the aid of close advisers including William Hague and his wife Samantha, to give his leader’s speech to the party conference in Manchester: