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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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Brown opts for pre-election Iraq grilling

By politics.co.uk staff Gordon Brown will give evidence to the Iraq inquiry before the general election, it has been confirmed. Sir John Chilcot announced at the beginning of this morning’s evidence sessions he considered it “a matter of fairness” that if the prime minister wanted to appear before polling day he would offer him the… Read more »

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Election focus: Middlesbrough South and Cleveland

The looming demise of Corus’ steelmaking plant is dominating politics on Teesside – and helping raise hopes of an improbable Tory gain. By Alex Stevenson Corus’ Teesside Cast Products plant is not in Ashok Kumar’s Middlesbrough South and Cleveland constituency. Nor are most of its 1,900 workers, who live in Vera Baird’s next-door Redcar. Nevertheless… Read more »