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 »
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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Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski has been criticised by Labour’s Denis MacShane following comments ascribing all “controversial” immigration to people from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. The comments originally surfaced when Mr Kawczynski accused the BBC of “picking on white Christians from Poland”. He continued: “They are using the Polish community as a cat’s paw to… Read more »
Gordon Brown has responded to growing public concern over knife crime by lowering the minimum age teenagers can be prosecuted for carrying knives from 18 to 16. The move was announced by the government this morning after the prime minister and home secretary Jacqui Smith met with representatives from the Association of Chief Police Officers… Read more »
