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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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The UK’s jails are overcrowded and struggling to provide “humane containment” according to a new report from the Prison Reform Trust. In an analysis of the Prison Service’s performance against its main targets, the report claims that the Service failed to meet seven of its 18 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Crucially, it has failed to… Read more »
New figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and National Statistics suggest that £650 million of public money was overpaid on housing benefit for the 12 month period up to September 2003. This amounts to around 5.3 per cent of the overall expenditure on housing benefit. Due to the statistical extrapolation the DWP… Read more »
