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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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Radical changes announced to the Child Support Agency
Child support overhaul revealed

The Child Support Agency (CSA) is to be scrapped and replaced with a new body with much tougher powers to collect maintenance, it was announced today. The new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (C-Mec) will be able to confiscate the passports or driving licences of absent parents who refuse to pay for the upkeep of… Read more »

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Tory report says couples are key to social breakdown
Tories: Families solution to growing underclass

The government must promote the benefits of marriage to tackle a “growing underclass” in Britain, a Conservative policy group has argued. The party’s social justice taskforce, led by former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, says family breakdown is a major cause of drug and alcohol addiction, crime and the failure of many individuals to fulfil… Read more »