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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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With friends like these: Cameron takes on his backbenchers tonight
Cameron meets backbenchers as hostility to coalition grows

By Ian Dunt David Cameron will address the Tory backbenchers’ 1922 committee tonight, as hostility to the coalition increases. The meeting comes after a week which revealed the true extent of many Tories’ irritation with the coalition leadership. “[There is] a feeling that they have been taken for granted, a feeling that the Liberal Democrats… Read more »

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Pushing ahead: The health secretary is announcing his response to the public consultation on health reform
Lansley forges ahead with NHS shake-up

By Peter Wozniak Andrew Lansley’s plans for a radical reorganization of the NHS will go ahead, despite mounting concern over the cost of the reforms. The controversial plans announced in the NHS white paper over the Summer involve scrapping Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) as well as the regional Strategic Health Authorities. They will be replaced… Read more »