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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

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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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

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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MPs to investigate council tax alternatives
MPs to investigate council tax alternatives

A House of Commons committee has announced plans to launch an investigation into the ways in which councils raise money ahead of the government’s council tax review this summer. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) select committee wants to deliberate the issue of council tax in public, in contrast to the way the… Read more »

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Blair statement on bugging scandal "essential"
Blair statement on bugging scandal “essential”

Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has called on Tony Blair to make a statement in the House of Commons on claims that British intelligence bugged the offices of Kofi Annan ahead of the Iraq war. Mr Kennedy said that the “grave allegation” made by former development secretary Clare Short required a full and frank response… Read more »