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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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Fledgling coalition faces life without Laws

By Alex Stevenson British politics is spending the rest of the Bank Holiday weekend pondering the implications of David Laws’ shock exit from government. Mr Laws stood down as chief secretary to the Treasury on Saturday after it emerged he had been in a secret relationship with his landlord – but had continued to claim… Read more »

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Video: David Laws resignation

David Laws quits as chief secretary to the Treasury after agreeing to repay tens of thousands of pounds in expenses: