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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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People should retire at 70, say business leaders

People should work until they are 70 and receive a state pension of £110 each week, business leaders have said. The Institute of Directors (IoD) has called for later retirement, a flat pension rate and an end to means testing. Submitting proposals to the government’s pensions commission, the IoD also called for an end to… Read more »

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Brown pledges ‘New Labour renewed’

Gordon Brown set out his vision for “New Labour renewed”, as he pledged to continue the reform agenda pursued by Tony Blair. The chancellor said the only future for the Labour party was “as the party of reform”. And to those activists hoping that a Brown premiership would see a return to old Labour, he… Read more »