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The Scottish Government has published its Natural Environment Bill, introducing controversial measures that significantly impact deer managers across Scotland. While the Government claims the Bill will modernise deer management to tackle the climate and nature emergency, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has branded the proposals “draconian”. Key provisions in the Bill include… Read more »
BASC has criticised the government’s decision to grant police automatic powers of entry into the homes of firearms certificate holders as unnecessary and an erosion of civil liberties. The police already have powers of entry to prevent crime and if life is in danger. They can also get a warrant from a magistrate and they… Read more »
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Priti Patel has become the first Conservative MP to be eliminated from the party’s leadership contest. Tory MPs voted in the contest for the first time this afternoon as they were tasked with reducing the field from six to five. The former home secretary only won 14 votes from 121 Conservative MPs. The remaining candidates… Read more »
The defence secretary has suggested the government could scrap defence projects as part of its efforts to repair the public finances.
