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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 politics.co.uk staff Labour lost the popular vote in Wales for the first time since the first world war, taking just 20.3 per cent of the vote. It was the Conservatives rather than the nationalist Plaid Cymru party who emerged on top. The Tories won with 21.2 per cent, 7,000 votes ahead of Labour. PC… Read more »

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By Alex Stevenson and Ian Dunt Former environment minister Jane Kennedy’s angry outbursts against the prime minister have ruined the final stages of Gordon Brown’s government reshuffle. Mr Brown finalised the government shakeup, begun with senior Cabinet posts on Friday, with new appointments at junior ministerial levels hours before his crunch meeting with Labour backbenchers… Read more »