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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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Brendan Barber is pleased by Labour's unity in Manchester
Interview: Brendan Barber

What’s the worst thing you can do when interviewing the leader of Britain’s union movement? Admit you’re not a union member, of course. “Shame on you!” barks the Trades Union Congress’ general secretary. “Terminate this interview immediately!” Brendan Barber is joking, of course. He’s perfectly aware union membership is weaker in the private sector and… Read more »

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Hazel Blears admits Labour facing tough fight
Blears: This is the fight of our lives

Labour is facing the “fight of its life” to stay in power, communities secretary Hazel Blears has admitted. At a packed rally hosted by the Progress thinktank, Ms Blears also renewed her implicit criticism of Gordon Brown originally made to the Independent on Sunday, in which she said the prime minister needed to demonstrate more… Read more »