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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 is investigating whether it has mistakenly issued thousands of illegal immigrants with national insurance numbers. Last year it emerged over 6,600 non-EU workers had been cleared for jobs after being issued national insurance numbers. And yesterday’s Channel 4 News claimed 900,000 national insurance numbers were given out between January 2004 and April 2007… Read more »
The government is prepared to nationalise Northern Rock with a decision possible within days, it was reported last night. Both the prime minister and chancellor confirmed nationalisation is “an option”, reinforcing the widely-held believe that the troubled lender will be forced into a temporary period of state ownership. Nevertheless the government continues to state that… Read more »
