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The Scottish Government has published its Natural Environment Bill, introducing controversial measures that significantly impact deer managers across Scotland. While the Government claims the Bill will modernise deer management to tackle the climate and nature emergency, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has branded the proposals “draconian”. Key provisions in the Bill include… Read more »
BASC has criticised the government’s decision to grant police automatic powers of entry into the homes of firearms certificate holders as unnecessary and an erosion of civil liberties. The police already have powers of entry to prevent crime and if life is in danger. They can also get a warrant from a magistrate and they… Read more »
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The government has today promised to look after children in care “as a good parent would” and published a raft of new measures to help looked after youngsters. A new green paper outlines plans to give children in state care extra financial help, including a £2,000 bursary for university and an extra £100 in their… Read more »
Around 500 schools in the UK are “seriously underperforming” a top government adviser has said. Sir Cyril Taylor, who heads the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, made the revelations in an interview today, saying that around 80,000 secondary students are suffering because of weak schools. He said that in approximately 500 underperforming schools, less than… Read more »
