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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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More than half of immigrants from new EU states to UK in 2004 have already returned home, thinktank claims
European migrants ‘leaving UK’

The majority of immigrants to the UK from new EU member states have already returned home, a thinktank said on Wednesday. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the rate of immigration to Britain from the most recent EU member states is slowing. Workers from Poland, who are now the largest foreign national… Read more »

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Competition Commisison takes on supermarkets
Supermarkets to get ombudsman

The Competition Commission (CC) has recommended appointing an ombudsman in its final report on the UK grocery market. The report, which puts forward the regulator’s final recommendations, follows a five-year investigation with over 700 submissions. The big four grocers – Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons – have been accused of buying up land to prevent… Read more »