News

Featured
BASC logo
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 »

Featured
BASC logo
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 »

Latest articles

News
Politics.co.uk
Blair’s cartoon life goes on display

The story of Tony Blair’s premiership, as seen by political cartoonists, is soon to go on display at the Cartoon Art Trust Museum. The exhibition, designed to coincide with Mr Blair’s ten years as Labour Party leader will track his pictographic progression from Bambi to a side-kick of George Bush’s. Containing around 90 per cent… Read more »

News
Council urged to collect debts
£170 million of Scottish money could be used better

A new Audit Scotland report, released today, has revealed that £170 million of Scottish public money could be used better . COSLA, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, has, however, branded elements of the public spending watchdog’s annual report “inappropriate and unhelpful”. Audit Scotland, which is responsible for ensuring that public money is spent effectively… Read more »