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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 Teachers are to be given the freedom to physically restrain pupils to keep school pupils in check, ministers are expected to announce. The move is the latest in a series of steps by the new coalition government to reduce centralised interference in the running of Britain’s schools. The government is adopting a… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Research undermining the value of ‘free schools’ backed by the new coalition government has brought Michael Gove’s policy into question. The education secretary announced plans to follow the Swedish model for schools which are publicly funded but operate independently from their local authority last week. According to a paper published in the… Read more »
