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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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The one man supporting a private Iraq inquiry: Alistair Campbell

By Ian Dunt Gordon Brown has finally found an ally in his struggle to keep the Iraq inquiry secret: former spin doctor Alistair Campbell. Mr Campbell, who was cleared of wrongdoing in the run-up to the war by the Hutton inquiry, said critics of the war had already made up their minds and the shape… Read more »

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Lindsey strike threatens to spread

By politics.co.uk staff The strike at Lindsey oil refinery threatened to spread across the country today after workers were sent a letter by management telling them they had all been sacked. French oil giant Total has now confirmed it wrote to every worker on a particular £200 million project at the site saying they have… Read more »