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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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School unforms have VAT once the child is 14 or over
Calls for VAT cut on school uniforms

By politics.co.uk staff A motion calling for school uniforms to be free of all VAT is gathering support in Westminster. Yesterday, Mark Oaten, Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester and former leadership contender, became the latest MP to back the early day motion (EDM), which was tabled by Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle. Under the current system,… Read more »

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Child poverty: Slipping off the agenda?
Bank rescue puts child poverty targets in jeopardy

By politics.co.uk staff The government is putting child poverty targets in jeopardy by focusing its economic rescue package on banks and not families, it has been claimed. Billion of taxpayers’ money has been spent on propping up struggling British banks, with targets to halve the number of children in poverty by 2010 in danger of… Read more »