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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »
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Andrew Stunell, the Liberal Democrat communities and local government spokesman, suggests innovative ways in which the government could increase the housing supply, including bringing empty homes back into use, converting commercial property and selling-off community land. The housing sector is in crisis, with the basic product in short supply and costly, its viability threatened by… Read more »
With rising house prices and a shortage of well-priced properties, affordable housing has rapidly changed from a social to political issue. In his first statement as prime minister, Gordon Brown said he would make affordable housing a priority, alongside standard New Labour commitments. Mr Brown pledged to build three million new homes by 2020, including… Read more »