Constitutional Reform
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has donated £15,000 to the Wiltshire-based Great Bustard Group to further its work in re-establishing the species into the wild. The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of re-establishing the Great Bustard as a self-sustaining species on Salisbury Plain. … Read more »
Kent-based shotgun coach Tom Friar has won the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) Shotgun Coach of the Year award, being presented the shield at this year’s Weston Park County Fair. Usually found teaching at the Kent and Sussex Shooting School and West Kent Shooting School, Tom Friar has been volunteering with BASC… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Backbenchers have launched a concerted attack on parliament’s expenses watchdog as anger at the new allowances system boiled over. A Westminster Hall debate called by senior Labour MP David Winnick resulted in a packed-out chamber as MPs from all parties queued to condemn the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. Its administration of the… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The Bank of England’s macroprudential regulation powers are to be restored, George Osborne has announced. The chancellor told the Commons he intended to give the Bank its powers “in order to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis” following an urgent question in the Commons by Alistair Darling. It comes ahead of… Read more »
