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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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Child detention continues under the coalition
Clegg to give child detention update

By politics.co.uk staff Child detention could be phased out by the spring, a report has suggested. Families with children who are liable for removal from Britain are currently detained at the Yarl’s Wood detention centre, a practice the coalition has pledged to end. Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has called child detention a “moral outrage”… Read more »

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Patients Association worried about elderly care in NHS
NHS horror stories revealed

By politics.co.uk staff Firsthand accounts of elderly patients’ terrible treatment have been published by the Patients’ Association (PA). Serious failings of nursing care, poor communication with relatives and an ineffective complaints handling system are outlined by the document, Listen For Patients, Speak Up For Change. Chief executive Katherine Murphy said it was a “scandal” and… Read more »