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Environment Secretary highlights shooting’s conservation benefits

Environment Secretary George Eustice MP praised the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) for its role in protecting the British countryside during the Conservative Conference in Manchester.   Speaking at a rural reception hosted by BASC and the Angling Trust, Mr Eustice highlighted the conservation that takes place as a direct result of shooting…. Read more »

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‘Red-herring’ firearms survey still requires responses, says BASC

BASC is asking members and the wider shooting community to respond to a firearms licensing survey, despite describing it as a ‘red-herring’. The survey, coordinated by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) on the back of the Plymouth shooting incident, is seeking views on firearms licensing in England and Wales. Questions within the… Read more »

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David Davis, shadow home secretary
Tories: We need more prisons

The Conservative party is considering the idea of building more prisons if elected at the next general election, shadow home secretary David Davis has confirmed. Mr Davis explained that the Tories were planning to transfer the reported £15 billion being used by the government to fund the new nationwide ID card scheme to the construction… Read more »

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David Cameron, Conservative party leader
Cameron: Being a good father is everything

Conservative leader David Cameron has said his family is more important to him than his ambitions to become prime minister. In an article for the Sunday Times to mark Fathers’ Day, Mr Cameron said that nothing gives him “greater satisfaction” than raising his children. The father-of-three, whose eldest son Ivan suffers from severe epilepsy and… Read more »