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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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Lord Mandelson says the government will retain a majority stake in the Royal Mail
Mandelson offers olive branch to Royal Mail rebels

The government has published the bill to privatise 30 per cent of the Royal Mail with Lord Mandelson, the business secretary offering a potential olive branch to those within his own party opposed to the plan. In a move which somewhat wrong-footed many MPs Lord Mandelson introduced the bill to the House of Lords yesterday… Read more »

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Ministers may offer hope to prisoners
Charities hopeful for Gitmo solution

By Jonathan Moore Charities are hopeful a meeting of EU interior ministers today will lead them a step closer to accepting prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. Following president Obama’s announcement he would close the controversial Caribbean prison the US have been asking countries worldwide whether they can offer a home to those currently in Cuba. It… Read more »