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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 Ian Dunt The Liberal Democrats are the only party willing to adopt Barack Obama’s stance towards the banking sector in the UK, Vince Cable said today. The Lib Dem Treasury spokesman reiterate his party’s determination to separate banks’ investment arms from their retail activities. The policy has been a longstanding one with the Lib… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The BBC’s main commercial arm BBC Worldwide must be privatised, peers have said, in a move backing the government’s position. The wholly-owned subsidiary has a turnover of £1 billion and is by far the largest of the active exporters helping the British film and TV industries. In December the government announced its… Read more »