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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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Yobs and hooligans must be made to once more “fear the police” if the nation’s growing problem with teenage violence is to be tackled, Conservative leader Michael Howard said today. He promised to put more police on the streets and reduce the amount of paperwork they have to fill out as part of a five-point… Read more »
An influential committee of MPs is warning that prison education is “unacceptable” and is not helping to reduce re-offending levels. In a report published today, the House of Commons Education and Skills committee finds that half of prison inmates lack the skills to do 96 per cent of jobs when released. It also finds that… Read more »