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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 Alex Stevenson The struggle against the Taliban is distracting Britain from its main strategic priority, Chatham House’s director Robin Niblett has claimed. Speaking in an interview with politics.co.uk, Dr Niblett said managing the shift in global economic power from west to east was the bigger picture Britain had to deal with. He suggested an… Read more »
The rise in the standard rate of value-added tax (VAT) puts this still newish tax into the spotlight – though it has arguably been there since its UK introduction in 1973. By John Whiting, Tax Policy Director, Chartered Institute of Taxation Why VAT – and what is it? The UK introduced VAT (and abolished purchase… Read more »
