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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

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 »

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Ofsted reports “satisfactory” start for vocational GCSEs

Ofsted has reported that performance in the first two years of vocational GCSEs has been “satisfactory” but further improvements are needed. Eight new vocational GCSEs were introduced in September 2002 in Applied Art and Design, Applied Business, Leisure and Tourism, Health and Social Care, Manufacturing, Engineering, Applied Science and Applied ICT. Seven were developed from… Read more »

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Ten years as leader
Mixed view of Blair on 10th anniversary

On the tenth anniversary of Tony Blair’s leadership of the Labour Party, a new poll suggests that the majority of voters want him to stay on as Prime Minister, but also view him as arrogant and “too presidential”. On Wednesday Mr Blair will have led the party for ten years, and nearly eight as Prime… Read more »