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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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Vince Cable wants to break up the banks
Lib Dems plot to break up the banks

By Ian Dunt The Liberal Democrats are the only party willing to adopt Barack Obama’s stance towards the banking sector in the UK, Vince Cable said today. The Lib Dem Treasury spokesman reiterate his party’s determination to separate banks’ investment arms from their retail activities. The policy has been a longstanding one with the Lib… Read more »

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BBC fears "reputational risks" in Worldwide sell-off
Peers back govt on BBC Worldwide sell-off

By politics.co.uk staff The BBC’s main commercial arm BBC Worldwide must be privatised, peers have said, in a move backing the government’s position. The wholly-owned subsidiary has a turnover of £1 billion and is by far the largest of the active exporters helping the British film and TV industries. In December the government announced its… Read more »