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Applications for BASC’s legacy funded scholarship programme aimed at supporting further education opportunities in conservation, land management and gamekeeping have opened for the 2022 intake. The scholarship is directed at assisting students wanting to progress their education in the land management sector. Scholarships this year are in memory of Mr Herbert Heywood, who kindly left… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has raised the importance of recognising the challenges faced by gamekeepers and the physical and mental health benefits of shooting within the Environment Food Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee’s mental health inquiry. The wide-ranging inquiry launched in November 2021 will set out recommendations about how the government can… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Jim Murphy accused Scottish Conservatives of being among the most “hardline” in David Cameron’s party in his speech to the Labour party conference. The Scottish secretary completely ignored the Scottish National party (SNP) in his Brighton speech, focusing on the Tories as “Mrs Thatcher’s grandchildren”. “Of course Labour will cut costs, but… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Chancellor Alistair Darling has promised to introduce a Fiscal Responsibility Act to reduce the budget deficit. Speaking at the Labour party conference in Brighton today, the chancellor said Labour would cut spending according to rationality, not dogma, as the Tories would. “We will introduce a new Fiscal Responsibility Act to require that… Read more »
