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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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Elderly care system ‘in need of reform’

Care for the elderly in the UK is “unfair”, “inconsistent” and will be inadequate in the long term without radical reform, a report says today. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) says the elderly care system lacks clarity about how much people should contribute and how much they should be entitled to. The report’s author, Donald… Read more »

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Public accounts committee warns consumers are paying for investment in renewable energies
Consumers shouldering cost of green energy

Taxpayers will be paying £6.5 million to subsidise the green energy market by the end of the decade, an influential committee of MPs warns today. The public accounts committee (PAC) describes this shouldering of the burden to meet emissions targets as “unacceptable” and insisted ministers take action. Under the Renewables Obligation, introduced in April 2002,… Read more »