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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 »
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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By politics.co.uk staff The economy has shrunk even more than analysts expected in the first quarter of the year. Experts were expecting today’s gross domestic product (GDP) figures to be roughly equivalent to the final quarter of last year – showing a contraction of 1.6 per cent. But data came in showing a 1.9 per… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Titan prisons look set to become the first government project to fall victim to the Budget. Both the Independent and the BBC are reporting that justice secretary Jack Straw will scrap the scheme. But an official Ministry of Justice statement read: “The justice secretary will make a statement on this issue shortly… Read more »