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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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Kennedy courts ethnic minority votes
Kennedy courts ethnic minority votes

The Liberal Democrat leader has said that his party is now the party of choice for ethnic minority voters. Charles Kennedy predicted a “seismic shift” away from Labour to the Liberal Democrats by ethnic minority voters disillusioned by the handling of the war in Iraq. Speaking at a pre election press conference on Thursday Mr… Read more »

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Jim Marshall MP dies

The Labour MP for Leicester South, Jim Marshall, has died aged 63. The Labour Party has reported that Mr Marshall suffered a heart attack in his constituency office this afternoon Jim Marshall worked as a former research scientist and lecturer at what was once Leicester Polytechnic. A former leader of Leicester City Council, he was… Read more »