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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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Expenses: Gerry Adams is one of five to make claims
Sinn Fein MPs dragged into allowance controversy

By politics.co.uk staff The continuing row over MPs’ expenses took another twist today following the revelation that Sinn Fein MPs, who refuse to even sit in parliament, have claimed more than £430,000. In the last year alone the five elected members from Northern Ireland claimed £105,000 – £21,000 each – to rent two flats in… Read more »

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Teachers’ anger at Eng Lit ‘censorship’

By Alex Stevenson The government has denied claims it is censoring English literature texts, after a Carol Ann Duffy poem was prevented from appearing in a GCSE anthology. Yesterday the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ annual conference in Liverpool passed a motion stating that “censorship of English literature is a current problem for teachers in… Read more »