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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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Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown was accused yesterday of cooking the books on the public finances to avoid breaking the Treasury’s fiscal discipline. Oliver Letwin, Conservative counterpart, accused the Treasury of “brazen cheating” on plans to reclassify road maintenance spending as capital rather than for current spending from March. The charge comes after the… Read more »
Conservative MP Jonathan Sayeed survived a de-selection bid from his constituency party last night, following allegations he profited from guided tours around Parliament. At the meeting of members of his Mid Bedfordshire constituency party in Flitwick, Mr Sayeed won the vote of no confidence by 173 votes to 126. Constituency president, Sir Stanley Odell, resigned… Read more »
