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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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MPs have attacked the Government’s medicines watchdog for failing to do enough to protect patients. The Commons public accounts committee has said the Medicines Control Agency’s efforts to improve patient safety were lacklustre and accused the agency of failing to gather information on the side-effects of drugs and not doing enough to inform patients about… Read more »
The European Union has thrashed out an agreement to radically reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The deal follows three weeks of talks and will see the end of the subsidies paid to farmers for how much produce they grow. The CAP has been criticised by many for rewarding farmers for overproducing and creating Europe’s… Read more »