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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 »
The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
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The British Medical Journal (BMJ) is at the centre of huge controversy today after publishing tobacco industry funded research, which claims that the damaging effects of passive smoking have been over-stated. The 40-year study of 118,000 Californians asserts that the link between environmental tobacco smoke and coronary heart disease and lung cancer is weaker than… Read more »
The Trade Unions Congress has criticised the lack of employment rights for temporary workers, and branded some agencies ‘cowboys’. In a report to be issued next week, the TUC has highlighted the fragmented nature of the UK’s agency market. Its survey found that while the largest five companies take up only 15% of the market… Read more »
