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Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Dire warning over the complete collapse of the prison system has been sounded as the UK sinks further into recession, prison experts have warned. “The prison system is at a standstill, an achievement given the budget cuts and ever-worsening overcrowding, but a standstill nonetheless,” Andrew Neilson, head of public affairs and policy… Read more »
A Conservative MP is calling on the information commissioner to overrule government attempts to keep the sites of Titan prisons under wraps. John Baron’s original freedom of information request asking for the sites to be specified was rejected by the government. “Ministers want to buy the land for a Titan prison without even telling local… Read more »
