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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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Des Browne admits he may have misled MPs
Browne apologises over troop allowances row

Defence secretary Des Browne has apologised for unintentionally misleading MPs over a new system of allowances for British troops serving overseas. He told the House of Commons in October that plans to merge several separate bonuses paid to soldiers serving away from home for long periods would “not take one penny away from anybody or… Read more »

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Prostitute murders prompt calls for law change

The Liberal Democrats have called for a “wholesale review” of Britain’s prostitution laws, amid fears that a serial killer is targeting sex workers in Ipswich. Leader Menzies Campbell said the spate of prostitute murders in Suffolk highlighted the plight of many women on drugs or facing poverty who were forced on to the street, and… Read more »