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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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Government wants to expand its "deep truth" about individuals
Govt ‘should step back’ from identity strategy

The government’s agenda of tailoring public services to the need of individuals has dangerous implications, a thinktank warns today. Jill Kirkby, director of the Centre for Police Studies (CPS) thinktank, questions whether a state making “value judgments” about individuals’ suitability to services is in the public interest. She describes the controversial identity cards scheme as… Read more »

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Metronet was supposed to upgrade nine of the underground's 12 lines
MPs flag Metronet failure

Future public-private partnerships (PPP) should always bear in mind the “spectacular failure” of Metronet, MPs have warned. The Commons’ transport select committee says taxpayers are paying the price for the government’s failure to assess the dangers of handing risk to the public sector. Metronet was forced into administration in July 2007 after having run up… Read more »