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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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Tony Blair has urged voters not to lay the blame for the state of the economy at the door of prime minister Gordon Brown. In his first UK television interview since leaving office – on GMTV – Mr Blair said all western countries were experiencing the same problems. “I said when I left that I… Read more »
The government’s plans for a new generation of ‘Titan’ prisons capable of holding 2,500 prisoners have been published in a consultation document. Three of the jails will be constructed, bringing the UK’s jail capacity to 96,000 by 2014. But penal reform groups are objecting to the plans, saying the jails would make it harder for… Read more »
