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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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Afghanistan faces ‘vital year’, Cameron warns

By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron has said 2010 is a “vital year” in which success or failure will become much clearer for Afghanistan, on his first visit as prime minister to the country. The Conservative leader flew in on an RAF aircraft before engaging in talks with president Hamid Karzai in Kabul. He announced plans… Read more »

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Threat of coalition split over tuition fees

By politics.co.uk staff David Willetts emphasised a new faultline in the coalition government today with outspoken comments on university tuition fees. The universities minister gave his strongest indication yet that tuition fees would rise, telling students to consider it “more as an obligation to pay higher income tax” than a debt. The statement highlights the… Read more »