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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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Prime Minister Tony Blair today refused to rule out letting judges make the controversial ‘control orders’ that would see terrorism suspects confined to their houses or banned from using telephones and the internet. However, he defended the orders as needed to protect the nation’s safety against a “real and active” terrorist threat. In the event… Read more »
Too many cancer patients are still waiting weeks to be diagnosed, the Government’s spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office has produced a progress report on NHS cancer services, which acknowledges that some progress has been made, but is critical of shortcomings in a number of areas. The survey of 4,300 people with breast,… Read more »