* general election 2010
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 »
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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Politicians, who as a general rule are better than most at public speaking, rarely deliver lines so agonisingly and cringeworthily terrible that journalists drop their pens in disgust. It happened twice today. By Alex Stevenson Twice, not once, did the hallowed nib plunge in slow-motion to the floor after two of the worst clangers in… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Labour is not “exhausted” by its 13 years in power, Peter Mandelson has insisted. The business secretary instead said the argument to support Labour, which is seeking a record fourth term in office at the general election, was stronger now than it was in 1997. In a speech to Progress at the… Read more »