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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By Alex Stevenson Steps to improve Britain’s parenting skills will help improve the life chances of those not yet at school, an independent report by Frank Field has found. New Labour’s first welfare minister concluded that the key to improving children’s life chances lies in their parents being better at raising them. His report proposes… Read more »
The tuition fees vote on Thursday is set to provide the big climax for this week in parliament. Without any legislation under which a vote would be held, leader of the Commons Sir George Young has simply inserted a motion pushing through the changes at the end of the parliamentary week. The Lords have a… Read more »
