‘An all-out war on the countryside’: Government accused of ‘warped priorities’ as trail-hunting ban consultation opens

The Field during the meet of the Duke of Beafort's Hunt in the village of Hawkesbury Upton in Gloucestershire in the UK, on the 3rd November 2020The Government has been accused of having “warped priorities” as it launches its consultation on how – not whether – to ban trail-hunting, “in an attempt to distract from real problems”. Defra announced today (26 March) that its consultation on the ban it promised before the 2024 general election has opened. Hunt supporters have been […]