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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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Motorists doubt road pricing system

The vast majority of motorists say the government cannot be trusted to deliver a fair road pricing system, a poll suggests. A survey of 17,500 AA members highlights the problems facing Gordon Brown’s government in introducing the new measures, though 42 per cent backed the idea in principle. The government has spoken of plans to… Read more »

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Conservative leader David Cameron has told the BBC he wants to “stand up” for the low-paid who he claims have been failed by the government. Gordon Brown scrapped the 10p tax rate this week despite fierce opposition from some Labour MPs. In a series of emergency tax measures, the prime minister announced that pensioners under… Read more »