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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »

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Benefit system ‘deters work’

Britain’s complicated benefits system can put claimants off returning to work, a report claims. The study from three anti-poverty charities criticises “structural deficiencies” which it says are creating barriers for progress towards the government’s goals of full employment and eradicating child poverty by 2020. Community Links, the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) and the… Read more »