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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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Prison population 'mushrooming out of control'
Prison population ‘mushrooming out of control’

Population levels in English and Welsh prisons are completely out of control, a campaign group has said. The Prison Reform Trust warns today that the human and financial cost of prison growth and overcrowding are now too great to bear. New Ministry of Justice figures show that two thirds of prisons in England and Wales… Read more »

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Calls for reduction in drink-driving limit
Calls for reduction in drink-driving limit

The government is facing calls for a severe reduction in the amount people can drink before getting behind the wheel of a car. Research has found that six out of ten male drivers and four in ten female drivers will get in a car after drinking alcohol. As a result, the charity Brake has called… Read more »