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BASC has said a new Natural History GCSE will help support the decision makers of the future steer the natural world for years to come. The new GCSE – which is set to launch in September 2025 – has the potential to engage thousands of schoolchildren each year by tackling topics such as conservation, sustainability, species interactions, climate change and… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be pushing for “meaningful improvements” within a Defra-published public consultation on a series of proposals to the dog microchipping regulations. The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations were introduced in 2015 to increase re-unification rates of lost and stolen dogs, benefiting dog welfare and saving local authorities… Read more »
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By Liz Stephens There is no evidence that immigrants are able to jump council housing queues, according to a report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Once new arrivals settle in the UK and are entitled to help, the same proportion receive housing as UK-born residents. Currently just 11 per cent of new… Read more »
By Liz Stephens Developing on greenfield land means brownfield developments suffer, The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has said today. In a study which draws on planning consents, housebuilding and construction costs over nine local authority areas, CPRE say they have found that urban regeneration is affected in areas which have significantly more greenfield… Read more »
