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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) urged the Labour Party to listen to rural voters at a reception at the party’s annual conference in Brighton this weekend. Addressing shadow Environment Secretary Daniel Zeichner MP, BASC said those who live and work in Britain’s countryside should be listened to on issues such as the… Read more »
A new vision that will place communities at the centre of efforts to manage deer on publicly owned land in Scotland will be unveiled today (24 September) by a partnership of eleven leading deer management stakeholders. The partnership aims to institutionalise what is being described as ‘community integrated deer management’ by establishing more opportunities for… Read more »
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The Conservatives plan on converting their local election success into added pressure on the Labour government, a report claims. The Guardian cites shadow communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles telling Tory council leaders at a meeting in Nottingham his plans to shun further cooperation with Labour. Mr Pickles is quoted as saying Conservative councils… Read more »
Gordon Brown’s approval ratings are close to single figures, a politics.co.uk poll suggests. Only 12 per cent of respondents said they believed Mr Brown was a good prime minister one year after the former chancellor moved next door to No 10. His 12 months in office began with a honeymoon period as he efficiently dealt… Read more »
