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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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Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Bindman has said new anti-terror measures could actually limit the government’s ability to deport foreign nationals accused of promoting terrorism. Following a two-week consultation, home secretary Charles Clarke yesterday published a list of certain types of behaviour linked to terrorism that will form the basis for excluding and deporting individuals from… Read more »
There is no justification for the government’s plans to exempt pubs that do not serve food from the public smoking ban, according to doctors. Allowing pubs and restaurants to have a longer lead-in time to go smokefree than other businesses is also unjustified, says the British Medical Association in its response to the government’s proposals…. Read more »
