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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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Lord Levy, the prime minister’s chief fundraiser and personal envoy to the Middle East, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. It is the second time the peer has been arrested by police investigating the cash-for-peerages row – last July, he was arrested in connection with the sale of honours. He… Read more »
Lone parents on benefits could be forced to look for work earlier under new government plans intended to cut child poverty. Work and pensions secretary John Hutton said it was “not good enough” that a third of these people moved straight on to incapacity benefit or other support when their children reached 16, and they… Read more »
