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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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Population figures used by the government to establish funding levels for local authorities are unworkably inaccurate, MPs have warned. A report published today by a sub-committee of the Commons’ Treasury select committee concludes the problem is an urgent one because of the increasingly volatile nature of Britain’s population. It urges the government to stop using… Read more »
A plan to achieve £57 million of efficiency savings at the Department of Transport (DfT) will instead cost the taxpayer £81 million, the National Audit Office (NAO) says. It reveals efforts to making the savings by sharing human resources, payroll and finance services have backfired. “Poor initial implementation” is blamed for the failure alongside incorrect… Read more »
