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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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New direction: Brown unveils new plan for Afghanistan
Pakistani president snubs Brown

By politics.co.uk staff A press conference scheduled between Gordon Brown and Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari has been cancelled shortly after the prime minister’s arrival in Islamabad, reports suggest. Rumours are swirling among the prime minister’s entourage that the cancellation is a protest about the arrest of twelve men – 11 of them Pakistani students… Read more »

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PM in retreat over MP expenses

By politics.co.uk staff Gordon Brown has dumped his idea of a daily ‘clocking-in’ payment for MPs. The government is due to table its motion including the other proposals in the prime minister’s scheme for clearing up MPs’ allowances shortly. It is not expected to include the changes to the second homes allowance, however, after opposition… Read more »