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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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By politics.co.uk staff Cabinet ministers have made clear the three MPs facing prosecution over their expenses claims should not use parliamentary privilege for their defence. Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine will be charged under the Theft Act as the Crown Prosecution Service seeks the first criminal convictions from the scandal. Peer Lord Hanningfield… Read more »
by politics.co.uk staff The three Labour MPs set to go on trial for allegedly fiddling their expenses have had the whip suspended. David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine will no longer receive instructions from the party’s whips telling them how to vote, meaning they are effectively barred from the party. But the decision to… Read more »
