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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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By politics.co.uk staff A combination of growing populations and food, energy and water shortages will reach crisis point by 2030, the government’s chief scientific advisor will say later today. “It’s a perfect storm,” Prof John Beddington will tell the Sustainable Development UK 09 conference. “There’s not going to be a complete collapse, but things will… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A former MP hurled abuse at police and barstaff during a drunken tirade, a court has heard. Hotel manager Sven Nel told Peterborough magistrates’ court that Helen Clarke, one of the ‘Blair Babes’ who entered parliament in 1997, called police “pigs” and described one member of the bar staff as an “effing… Read more »