Policing
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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Stop and search powers should not be extended without the support of the communities likely to be extended, the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) said today. With the government poised to extend powers to stop and search suspects under the guise of cutting police paperwork, the MPA warned stop and search powers must be used with… Read more »
The police’s powers to stop and search people will be extended, the home secretary is set to announce. Jacqui Smith is reportedly planning to cut bureaucracy surrounding police stop and searches as part of a bid to tackle rising gun and knife crime. The move follows a review of policing by Sir Ronnie Flanagan, who… Read more »
