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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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With friends like these: Cameron takes on his backbenchers tonight
Cameron meets backbenchers as hostility to coalition grows

By Ian Dunt David Cameron will address the Tory backbenchers’ 1922 committee tonight, as hostility to the coalition increases. The meeting comes after a week which revealed the true extent of many Tories’ irritation with the coalition leadership. “[There is] a feeling that they have been taken for granted, a feeling that the Liberal Democrats… Read more »

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Pushing ahead: The health secretary is announcing his response to the public consultation on health reform
Lansley forges ahead with NHS shake-up

By Peter Wozniak Andrew Lansley’s plans for a radical reorganization of the NHS will go ahead, despite mounting concern over the cost of the reforms. The controversial plans announced in the NHS white paper over the Summer involve scrapping Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) as well as the regional Strategic Health Authorities. They will be replaced… Read more »