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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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The Met will police today's police protest
Police in protest over pay

Up to 18,000 police officers have descended on London to protest at police pay. Officers from police forces across the UK are taking part in a march and rally before forming a “mass queue” outside parliament to lobby MPs. Police Federation chairwoman Jan Berry will conclude the protest by presenting a petition to Downing Street… Read more »

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ID card 'rollout delayed until 2012'
ID cards ‘in intensive care’

National identity cards will be given to British citizens two years later than planned, it has emerged. Leaked Home Office documents given to the Conservatives show the planned rollout of ID cards to British citizens has been delayed until 2010. It was originally planned British citizens should be given ID cards from 2010, with foreign… Read more »