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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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London braces itself today for a large-scale protest against this week’s state visit to the UK by US president George W Bush. A national protest organised by the Stop the War Coalition starts at 14:00 BST and the organisation expects as many as 100,000 people to march through the capital, finishing with a rally in… Read more »
The Inland Revenue has mismanaged the implementation of the new tax credit system to the tune of £700 million-a-year, according to the Government’s spending watchdog. The National Audit Office said the Revenue had overpaid many people claiming working families’ and disabled persons’ tax credits. As an explanation, the NAO said many claimants had failed to… Read more »