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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 politics.co.uk staff The BBC is rethinking whether Radio 4’s famous ‘Thought for the Day’ should remain an entirely religious affair. Currently, only religious figures appear on the station during the Today programme, to give a spiritually themed message. But the slot has long drawn the ire of atheists and humanists, who believe a renewed… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A private members bill calling for the abolition of the licence fee has reached the Commons, after a tortured birth process. The bill, introduced by Conservative backbencher Christopher Chope, would abolish the requirement for a television licence fee, by repealing the part of the Communications Act 2003 that relates to licensing of… Read more »
