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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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Public spending on quangos and other government agencies has rocketed by 50 per cent over the past two years, according to reports. The cost to the taxpayer of funding quangos (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations) has now reached £123.8 billion, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The paper, citing new government figures, claims that at least 20 officials… Read more »
The Labour party went “awol” from the British public over the past few weeks and must now get back to governing, Tony Blair has said. The prime minister was speaking at the start of the Labour conference in Manchester, his last as party leader and one that is likely to be dominated by speculation about… Read more »
