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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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Govt blinks first as Lords standoff ends

By Alex Stevenson Government concessions have ended the Lords’ resistance to the bill implementing the electoral reform referendum this week. Thomas Strathclyde, the leader of the upper chamber, said a package of measures had been agreed with the opposition. The development means the referendum on electoral reform, which had been cast into doubt, is all… Read more »

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Bob Crow first union leader to claim phone-hacking

By Ian Dunt Bob Crow has become the first union leader to become embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal after his lawyers wrote to the police demanding information. The controversial Rail and Maritime Transport (RMT) union leader said the union suspects that journalists gained access to his private information. “RMT has had suspicions that journalists may… Read more »