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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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'Armchair auditors' excite Eric Pickles
Pickles shows us the money

By politics.co.uk staff Communities secretary Eric Pickles has opened up his department’s books to “armchair auditors”, in a major step towards government transparency. All spending in the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) over £500 has been released online, ahead of similar transparency in councils later this year. Information for 2009/10 amounts to £314… Read more »

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Spending cuts could prompt union strikes
Unions split over ‘autumn of discontent’

By politics.co.uk staff Division have emerged between the unions over whether or not to orchestrate an ‘autumn of discontent’ in response to the government’s spending cuts programme. The Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) and the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) are both seeking a ‘day of action’ around the time of the comprehensive… Read more »