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The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »
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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The union is being endangered by unfair spending allocations to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, a thinktank has claimed. The Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) northern branch says in a report published today that the Barnett formula, used to allocate public finances to devolved institutions, needs to be urgently reformed. It says Northern Ireland… Read more »
The detention of asylum seekers’ children is a stain on the UK’s moral authority and should be ended, a report has said. More than 2,000 children are detained in the UK every year while the asylum claims of their parents are considered. The Independent Asylum Commission (IAC), which is also calling for an end to… Read more »
