The Scottish Government has published its Natural Environment Bill, introducing controversial measures that significantly impact deer managers across Scotland. While the Government claims the Bill will modernise deer management to tackle the climate and nature emergency, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has branded the proposals “draconian”. Key provisions in the Bill include… Read more »
BASC has criticised the government’s decision to grant police automatic powers of entry into the homes of firearms certificate holders as unnecessary and an erosion of civil liberties. The police already have powers of entry to prevent crime and if life is in danger. They can also get a warrant from a magistrate and they… Read more »
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Shadow chancellor George Osborne has expressed fears that the pound could suffer a dramatic fall in value if the country’s budget deficit continues to grow. Speaking to the Times, the Tory frontbencher criticised the prime minister’s plans to increase public spending in order to provide a boost to the country’s economy. Previously, Gordon Brown has… Read more »
Controversial plans by the government to change benefits for single parents will result in around 55,000 people being forced into debt. The government wants single parents with children aged 12 or over to move from income support to job seekers allowance from November this year, causing a week’s gap in benefit payments. This will force… Read more »
