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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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Gordon Brown’s youngest son has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, the Treasury confirmed last night. The chancellor and his wife, Sarah, were told about James Fraser’s condition soon after his birth in July, although it is thought to have been confirmed only recently. In a statement, the Treasury said the baby was “fit, healthy and… Read more »
Harriet Harman will today mark out the family as a key battleground in both the forthcoming Labour deputy leadership and the next general election. The constitutional affairs minister will say that although Labour’s victory in 1997 represented a “watershed”, with the introduction of the minimum wage and more time off for parents among others, family… Read more »