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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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These polls leave the Tories laughing
Polls show collapsing Lib Dem support

By politics.co.uk staff Two polls released today showed the Liberal Democrats slipping back to just 16%, seven points worse than their general election result. Research by ICM for the Sunday Telegraph and YouGov for the Sunday Times saw the junior partners in the coalition government pushed into a firm third place, as Conservative support improved…. Read more »

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Time to move on
IDS to shift ‘immobile’ long-term unemployed

By Alex Stevenson The coalition government will make it easier for Britain’s long-term unemployed to relocate to find work, Iain Duncan Smith has said. The work and pensions secretary plans to reduce the risk associated with moving, especially housing-related problems, for those who are “trapped in estates”. Mr Duncan Smith argued in an interview with… Read more »