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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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One of Britain’s leading pub chains, JD Wetherspoon, has announced that all of its pubs are to go smoke-free from May 2006. And 60 are to become smoke-free from May this year with pubs across the country pioneering the new approach. As the majority of its pubs serve bar snacks and meals, it would have… Read more »
Working women would receive a cash boost when they have their first child under new plans announced by the Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy. The party is proposing that all working mothers should be guaranteed at least £4,420 for 26 weeks of statutory maternity leave. This equates to £170 a week, the equivalent of the… Read more »