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New Natural History GCSE will ‘engage and inspire’ young people, says BASC

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 »

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Review of dog microchipping regulations underway

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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Unions to take on the cuts
Massive anti-cuts demo set for October

By politics.co.uk staff Large-scale protests are being planned for this October as unions prepare their response to the public spending cuts to be announced in the comprehensive spending review. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) wants a day of action on October 20th, when the chancellor will unveil the full scale of the reductions…. Read more »