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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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Inflation rate slows slightly

By politics.co.uk staff Inflation has dropped 0.1% to 3.1% in July but it remains above target. Bank of England governor Mervyn King will now have to write to the chancellor again explaining why. The consumer price index (CPI) is still well above the Bank of England’s two per cent target rate while the retail price… Read more »

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Government could fund internships for young people - Demos
Govt-funded internships ‘could save state money’

By politics.co.uk staff The government could save money by paying employers to take on disadvantaged young people as interns, a thinktank has claimed. Demos argued in a report out today that employers could be incentivised to take on those who are not in employment, education or training for internships through payment from the state. Doing… Read more »