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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Rural communities are being marginalised by the same government department set up to support them, MPs have found. In a report published this morning, the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee argued Defra must now concentrate on rural communities, given that its climate change brief has been shifted over to the new Department of Energy… Read more »
Liberal Democrat presidential hopeful Lembit Opik gives his views on his party’s future. Mr Opik told politics.co.uk he believes the party has a “fear of standing out” and portraying its policies in “pastel shades”. Travelling up in his “presidential motorhome” to talk to students to Coventry, Mr Opik is in no mood to mince his… Read more »
