* general election 2010
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has raised the importance of recognising the challenges faced by gamekeepers and the physical and mental health benefits of shooting within the Environment Food Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee’s mental health inquiry. The wide-ranging inquiry launched in November 2021 will set out recommendations about how the government can… Read more »
The government’s new environmental land management schemes are an open door for management practices undertaken for shooting and conservation, says the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The two new schemes unveiled by the Secretary of State for Defra George Eustice at the Oxford Farming Conference will play a pivotal role in the Governments’… Read more »
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Laughter, rather than applause, is a better barometer for success at the hustings events taking place up and down the length of the country. By Alex Stevenson In the Labour-Lib Dem marginal of Oldham East and Saddleworth, the key question for candidates was whether they were laughing with you – or at you. Sunday’s event… Read more »
politics.co.uk went to see the main parties’ environment spokesmen, and the Greens’ man, argue it out in London. By Sam Dale After one debate Britain moved from two party politics to three; the Greens will have hoped that a non-TV debate in Westminster this morning will put them into the Big Four, like football teams… Read more »
