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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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The government will rush emergency legislation through the Commons today as it seeks to override a law lords ruling on witness anonymity in criminal proceedings. Last month an Old Bailey trial collapsed following the ruling that defendants are entitled to know who is testifying against them. The decision put the government’s policy of allowing witness… Read more »
Prisons which consistently fail to cut reoffending should be put under community control and turned into ‘foundation prisons’, a report by left-of-centre thinktank Progress suggests today. The new prisons would operate by having their board of governors placed under the control of an external organisation with a strong track record in cutting reoffending. The proposal… Read more »
