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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 »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »
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The UK’s former Brexit negotiator Lord David Frost has predicted that his party is “hurtling towards a terrible defeat” at the next general election. Frost, who served in the cabinet under Boris Johnson, told LBC on Wednesday evening that “you only have to look at the polls”. The former cabinet minister, who is thought to… Read more »
A serving minister has said that zero tolerance on racism “is just a slogan in today’s politics” in what appears to be a swipe at the government’s handling of comments made by a Conservative donor. Rishi Sunak took the whole of Tuesday to call out the remarks from businessman Frank Hester, first reported in The… Read more »