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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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Cameron promises to out-Blair Brown
Tories are ‘heirs to Blair’

The Conservatives have positioned themselves as the natural heirs to Tony Blair, pledging to continue the Labour leader’s reforms of hospitals and schools. The increasingly centrist Tory party are using Mr Blair’s departure to warn of a “lurch to the left” in the Labour party. Speaking in London, the shadow chancellor George Osborn pointed to… Read more »

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BAA wants to increase passengers by 10 million
Stansted expansion inquiry begins

A public inquiry has begun into plans to expand Stansted airport. BAA intends to increase passenger numbers in the Essex airport from 25 million to 35 million per year and increase permissible air traffic movements from 241,000 to 264,000. But the plans have been rejected by Uttlesford district council and a decision over the proposals… Read more »