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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 Last-ditch talks to rescue Northern Ireland’s powersharing agreement appear to have met with failure, as the deadline for a deal nears. Gordon Brown and Irish taoiseach Brian Cowen gave Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) 48 hours on Wednesday to come up with an agreement on the devolution of policing… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Liberal Democrat frontbencher Jeremy Browne has won his appeal against repaying nearly £18,000 of expenses claims. Mr Browne, who is Vince Cable’s deputy on the Treasury portfolio, had been told by expenses auditor Sir Thomas Legg to repay £17,894.24. He had decided Mr Browne should only claim on the original £130,000 mortgage… Read more »
