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Delays to firearms licensing are set to reach record highs causing significant complications for certificate holders according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Covid restrictions, regulatory medical involvement and a peak in firearms licensing renewals has caused mass disruption across licensing departments in England and Wales. In… Read more »
Applications for BASC’s legacy funded scholarship programme aimed at supporting further education opportunities in conservation, land management and gamekeeping have opened for the 2022 intake. The scholarship is directed at assisting students wanting to progress their education in the land management sector. Scholarships this year are in memory of Mr Herbert Heywood, who kindly left… Read more »
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The Liberal Democrats’ current jitters go much further than their concerns about the emergency Budget. The coalition may be less than two months old, but the cracks are already starting to widen. By Alex Stevenson Lib Dem supporters should be feeling as miserable as England fans. After all, for Fabio Capello and Nick Clegg’s teams… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Liberal Democrat opposition to an increase in value added tax was political point-scoring, business secretary Vince Cable has claimed. The former deputy leader of the party, who resigned his post to enter the coalition government, made the suggestion as he defended the emergency Budget’s planned hike in VAT from 17.5% to 20%…. Read more »
