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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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Council tax referenda could be introduced from March 2012
Council tax ‘vetoes’ on offer

By politics.co.uk staff Members of the public could block council tax increases under proposals unveiled by the coalition government. A consultation published by the Department for Communities and Local Government today outlines plans to hand capping powers on council tax, currently held by ministers, to local people. If council tax rises hit a pre-determined ceiling,… Read more »

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Councils need to innovate, report says
Public sector faces ‘tsunami recession’

By Alex Stevenson Radical innovations from local authorities are needed in the face of a “tsunami of a public sector recession”, a thinktank has said. The New Local Government Network (NLGN) has suggested councils should look at new ways to raise money as capital spending funds from central government, constrained by spending cuts, dry up…. Read more »