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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 Ian Dunt Nearly a quarter of MPs do not bother attending their party conference, according to a survey released today. Thirty per cent of Labour MPs, 18 per cent of Conservatives and 13 per cent of Liberal Democrat MPs said they did not attend conference. The survey, released by consultancy nfpSynergy’s Charity Parliamentary Monitor,… Read more »
By Liz Stephens and Alex Stevenson Peter Mandelson has refused to rule out cuts in some of the government’s flagship programmes as he outlined its spending cuts strategy. The business secretary gave a speech at the London School of Economics where he announced that resources will be switched from “lower to higher priority areas”. Although… Read more »