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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »

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Farmers had paid up to £22.5 million because of payment delays, auditors said
Defra delays ‘cost farmers millions’

The delays in delivering the single farm payment scheme left English farmers with a bill of between £18 million and £22.5 million, a new report warns. The National Audit Office (NAO) today condemns the “unacceptable delay” in delivering European agricultural payments, caused by a catalogue of management errors. One fifth of farmers told the watchdog… Read more »

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Inspection report finds home care services must be more flexible
Home care services shake-up urged

Councils have been urged to rethink the way they provide home care for the elderly amid fears that services are too rushed and not properly tailored to people’s needs. The first ever inspection of home care in the UK today finds that although there are high levels of satisfaction with state-funded services, many older people… Read more »