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The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »
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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By politics.co.uk staff A bomb has gone off in Holyrood, County Down, in an attack thought to correspond to the devolution of policing and justice powers. The car bomb went off around 00:20 BST outside Palace Barracks, where MI5 has its Northern Irish headquarters. One elderly man suffered minor injuries. The Real IRA has claimed… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson The Conservatives will consider the case for legalising same-sex marriages, but gay rights campaigners remain sceptical. Yesterday a protest outside Tory party headquarters in central London took place to put pressure David Cameron’s party, after shadow home secretary Chris Grayling backed bed-and-breakfast owners who would not accept gay couples. Shadow chancellor George… Read more »
