Immigration
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been made aware that several firearms licensing departments that had previously stopped grant applications have revised their policy after criticism from BASC, press coverage and intervention by MPs. Licensing departments in North Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Kent and Northamptonshire had all previously announced that grant applications for… Read more »
Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England, had the opportunity to see first-hand the conservation efforts of wildfowling clubs when he visited the Lytham & District Wildfowling Association (LDWA). Accompanied by staff from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), Tony took part in a conservation walk around the club’s land at the mouth of… Read more »
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Local government leaders are concerned a new method of calculating immigration will leave public services with a funding shortfall. The leaders of four local authorities have written to the Treasury to complain that the new method of measuring migration is flawed and produces “perverse results”. The figures, complied by the Office for National Statistics (ONS),… Read more »
All foreign workers or students coming to the country will soon require a domestic sponsor, as a part of a new initiative designed to manage migration into the UK. Apart from an elite group of highly skilled migrants, all workers coming to the UK will need an employer or university to vouch for them and… Read more »
