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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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Stormont powersharing under threat
Deadline looms in Northern Ireland

By politics.co.uk staff Last-ditch talks to rescue Northern Ireland’s powersharing agreement appear to have met with failure, as the deadline for a deal nears. Gordon Brown and Irish taoiseach Brian Cowen gave Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) 48 hours on Wednesday to come up with an agreement on the devolution of policing… Read more »

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Jeremy Browne escapes £18k expenses repayment
MPs’ relief at expenses victory

By politics.co.uk staff Liberal Democrat frontbencher Jeremy Browne has won his appeal against repaying nearly £18,000 of expenses claims. Mr Browne, who is Vince Cable’s deputy on the Treasury portfolio, had been told by expenses auditor Sir Thomas Legg to repay £17,894.24. He had decided Mr Browne should only claim on the original £130,000 mortgage… Read more »