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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 politics.co.uk staff Four policemen facing prosecution over allegations they beat and verbally abused a terror suspect have not been suspended by the Metropolitan police. Instead Police Constables Cowley, John Donohue, Roderick James-Bowen and Mark Jones have been placed on restricted duties, the Met said last night. The four will appear before magistrates next month… Read more »

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By politics.co.uk staff The Conservatives are likely to be the big beneficiaries of plans to cut the number of MPs, research has suggested. Projections by Democratic Audit for the BBC2’s Newsnight programme found the Conservatives would lose four per cent of their seats, or 13 of their 307 seats, if the coalition government’s proposals to… Read more »