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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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Floella Benjamin viewed as potential City Hall challenger
Floella Benjamin linked to mayoral challenge

By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrats could pick former Play School presenter Floella Benjamin as their candidate for the 2012 London mayoral election, according to a report. Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham, who was ennobled after the general election, is being viewed as a potential challenger to incumbent Boris Johnson, the Mirror newspaper reported. Sketch: In… Read more »

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Afghanistan struggle is latest area of disagreement for the pair
Cameron and Zardari at loggerheads as talks approach

By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron and Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari continued their animosity-filled build-up to talks on Friday by disagreeing on the state of the war against the Taliban. Mr Zardari said earlier this week the prime minister’s comments that Pakistan could not “look both ways” in the struggle against extremism were “uncalled for”…. Read more »