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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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By Alex Stevenson Labour backbenchers are the focus of Westminster today as a small group of rebels seek to bring down the prime minister. Those willing to put their name to a letter asking Gordon Brown to stand down can indicate their support by emailing an account recently set up. Estimates vary wildly about the… Read more »

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By politics.co.uk staff There was pressure on the BBC overnight to reveal the amount it pays its most famous radio stars after an influential committee of MPs described the secrecy surrounding their salaries as “highly unsatisfactory”. The National Audit Office (NAO) has not been given access to individual salaries because it refused to sign a… Read more »