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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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Parents are set to spend an average of £185 per child in preparation for the new school year
The £4.5bn cost of ‘free’ schooling

Britons will pay £4.5 billion to send their children back to school this term, a new study finds. Parents are set to spend an average of £185 per child making sure they have all they need to start the new school year, a study by Morgan Stanley Consumer Banking reports. These figures follow on from… Read more »

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Blair: wants to crack down on anti-social behaviour
Blair tackles bad parenting

Tony Blair today unveiled plans to tackle bad parenting in a bid to root out anti-social behaviour. The prime minister announced extensions to parenting contracts and parenting order schemes, designed to force parents to take control of yobbish children. Focusing on the respect agenda that he pledged would be a key strand of Labour’s third… Read more »