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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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Tony Blair today defended proposed new anti-terror legislation and insisted a new offence of glorifying terrorism was not an attack on free speech. Home secretary Charles Clarke yesterday outlined the draft terror bill to be put before parliament this autumn, outlining not only offences of incitement to terrorism but also that of glorifying terrorist acts…. Read more »
Britain’s tax and benefit policies are actually increasing child poverty rather than cutting it, a right-wing think tank argues today. A new report by Civitas – which the Treasury dismissed as “a load of garbage” – claims welfare resources are focused on single parents and low-wage earners, effectively providing a financial incentive for couples to… Read more »