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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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Govt running out of options on AV referendum impasse

By Alex Stevenson Government attempts to sidestep Lords opposition to the AV referendum bill are unlikely to succeed, an insider has told politics.co.uk. A Commons-style guillotine motion is now being viewed as the only option left on the table for the bill to get royal assent by February 26th. If passed this would schedule a… Read more »

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Economic prosperity ‘reduces scandal outrage’

By Alex Stevenson The British public may be more tolerant of political misbehaviour in good times rather than bad, a study has claimed. Research published in the January issue of the Parliamentary Affairs journal suggested that the state of the economy appears to influence perceptions of wrongdoing. The way the public views the misusing of… Read more »