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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

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 »

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Balls attacks schools for 'cash for places'
Balls ‘names and shames’ schools breaking admissions code

Around one in six schools are continuing to flout the government’s admissions code, designed to ensure poorer pupils can access the best state school places, it is estimated. A report into schools in Manchester, Northamptonshire and Barnet found one in six state schools, the vast majority of which were state schools, were breaking the admissions… Read more »

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Advisory Council will advise cannabis remains class C
Brown ‘to be told’ cannabis should remain class C

The government is on a collision course with its own drugs advisers over the classification of cannabis. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is set to recommend cannabis remains a class C drug, despite the prime minister’s desire to reclassify it as a class B drug. Gordon Brown ordered the review shortly after… Read more »