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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 »
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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By Alex Stevenson and Ian Dunt The City’s bankers found themselves £800 million worse off this morning after chancellor George Osborne unexpectedly hiked taxes. The bank levy, a permanent annual tax rather than a windfall levy, was originally being phased in to the full 0.075% rate. This morning Mr Osborne scrapped the incremental rate with… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Nine Liberal Democrat MPs have called on the coalition to "reconsider" its plans to sell off the country's forests. In the first signs of dissent on the government's backbenches, a Commons motion tabled by Lib Dem Greg Mulholland expressed concern that a planned consultation would be "genuine". The early day motion highlights… Read more »
