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Entries for BASC classes at Crufts 2023 now open

Entries are now open for the gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2023. The classes, which are hosted by BASC, are open to gamekeepers, owners of working gundogs, gundog teams and young handlers, and will be held on Gundog Day, Thursday 9th March 2023, at the NEC in Birmingham. Postal entries close on 9 January 2023, and you can… Read more »

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“Outright ban” on snares will have devastating consequences for biodiversity and the Welsh countryside, warns BASC

Banning snares including modern humane cable restraints in Wales will remove an essential conservation tool and could result in local extinctions, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation has warned. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which has its head office in north Wales, is now calling on the Welsh Government to rethink proposed… Read more »

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MPs had hoped to use parliamentary privilege defence
Expenses MPs lose privilege appeal

By politics.co.uk staff Three former MPs and a peer’s latest bid to avoid a criminal trial over their expenses claims has failed. The court of appeal backed the ruling of Mr Justice Saunders that they could not use the defence of parliamentary privilege to protect them from a trial. It means former Labour MPs David… Read more »

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MPs' pensions set for review this week
MPs’ pensions feel the squeeze

By Rebecca Burns Attempts to bring MPs’ generous pensions into line with the private sector are to be proposed this week. The SSRB (Senior Salary Review Board) will recommend a number of measures aimed at cutting the estimated £200 million cost to the taxpayer of MPs’ hefty pensions, forecast over the next 15 years. A… Read more »