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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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The government has today hit back at the Conservatives’ new health reform plans, saying their pledge to scrap NHS targets would result in an increase in MRSA. Tory leader David Cameron used a speech to nurses this morning to attack ministers’ record on tackling the hospital-acquired infection, which kills 5,000 people a year. He warned… Read more »
Civil servants working in more than 200 government departments and agencies have voted to go on strike over planned job cuts. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union voted 61 per cent in favour of industrial action on January 31st, followed by a two-week ban on overtime. The Cabinet Office said the strike… Read more »
