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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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Next year’s “real and serious changes” will be built on the government’s commitment to maintaining economic stability, Gordon Brown has said. Outlining the government’s plans for 2008 in his new year message, the prime minister said reforms relied on the “foundation” of a strong British economy despite ongoing turbulence in international markets. He pledged “unbending… Read more »
A year of “political failure” has led to prisons being turned into “just a holding pen for criminals”, the British Medical Association has said. A report published today attacks the government for neglecting the problems of prison doctors, blaming insufficient funding and the spread of illegal narcotics throughout UK prisons for exacerbating the crisis. “The… Read more »