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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 Ian Dunt Twenty-six of the UK’s top scientists have written to the government demanding that evolution be specifically included in the primary curriculum. The letter was organised after key reforms to the primary curriculum, which included evolution for the first time, were dropped just before the election. “It was with huge disappointment that we… Read more »

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By politics.co.uk staff A thinktank report has triggered a row with the TUC over whether public sector workers are better off than their private sector counterparts. Policy Exchange’s Controlling Public Spending publication claimed public sector staff enjoyed better pay and pensions, as well as shorter hours and earlier retirement. The figures were quickly rebuffed by… Read more »