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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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By Liz Stephens An independent poll of voters has revealed that more than half are now in favour of scrapping nuclear weapons. The results, published in The Guardian newspaper today, mark a U-turn in public opinion. Worries about the levels of public spending and the impact of defence cutbacks on troops in Afghanistan may be… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The Lords handed another defeat to the government last night, as peers ignored its opposition to independent commissioners for terror suspects. An amendment tabled by Lord Lloyd of Berwick which suggested having commissioners oversee the way those arrested on terror offences are dealt with by police was passed by 145 votes to… Read more »
