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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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By Ian Dunt The government has been accused of “hiding” controversial tuition fee proposals in a bill on classroom behaviour. The education bill, published today, reveals government plans to radically increase teachers’ authority over rowdy pupils but it also includes a clause allowing variable rates of interest on student loans. The addition to the bill,… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Ministers are refusing to give way after a Commons committee attacked them for placing restrictions on “town hall Pravdas”. The coalition government is imposing a new code of practice controlling the publication of local authority newsletters. A report from the communities and local government committee has attacked the move as cutting across… Read more »
