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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 Alex Stevenson Prison overcrowding and poor management have been blamed for the limited progress prisoners serving short sentences make towards rehabilitation while in jail, a report has found. The National Audit Office (NAO) pointed out a number of difficulties with short-sentenced prisoners, whose daily activities were judged “generally inadequate”. Over 60,000 prisoners serve sentences… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The early prisoner release scheme will be halted, the justice secretary confirmed today. Jack Straw told the Commons the scheme would be phased out by March 12th, with the last inmates freed on April 9th. Shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieve said the timing of the phase-out was suspicious. “What in less than… Read more »
