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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MPs have questioned why the public should pay twice for costly passports and ID cards when the two share so many functions. The Commons public accounts committee said their similarities “should be reflected in the combined fee”. Committee chairman Edward Leigh said most adults would have to hold both and the Home Office needed to… Read more »
High-risk offenders could be released from prison as the government struggles to cope with the prison overcrowding crisis. Justice secretary Jack Straw told MPs last night the prison service would have to consider releasing prisoners on indeterminate public protection (IPP) sentences once they had served their minimum tariff. IPP sentences are handed to prisoners convicted… Read more »
