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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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Police officer numbers will fall, Acpo president warns
Police cuts ‘inevitable’

By Alex Stevenson Reductions in police numbers are inevitable, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has warned. Sir Hugh Orde’s concerns came as he prepared to give a speech to Acpo’s annual conference. The Home Office, as one of the government departments not protected by ringfencing, faces a 25% reduction in… Read more »

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Cameron's Cabinet takes a day trip from London
Cabinet branches out

By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron takes his Cabinet to Yorkshire today, in a continuation of Gordon Brown’s attempts to break the London-centric nature of British politics. He is expected to use the event to unveil a £1bn Regional Growth Fund to contribute to regional economies. Labour was criticised for turning the Cabinet into a photo-op… Read more »