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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

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 »

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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

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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Britons don't trust Brown with their pensions
Britons don’t trust Brown with their pensions

Britons are so unsure of Gordon Brown’s economic plans that two-thirds have little or no faith in government over their pensions, while just five per cent would put the prime minister in charge of their pension fund. A poll by Friends Provident reveals 87 per cent of non-retired residents feel the government is failing to… Read more »

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The week in Westminster
The week in Westminster

Just how long will Europe torment Westminster? After half a century of political carnage, the European project shows no sign of losing its ability to tear Britain’s parties apart. When Tony Benn first touted the idea of a referendum on the subject in the 1970s the device managed to save the Labour party from an… Read more »