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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

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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20,000 trainee teachers fail maths test
20,000 trainee teachers fail maths test

Around 20,000 trainee teachers have had to retake numeracy tests, according to figures released in a parliamentary answer. The figures also reveal the average number of attempts made to pass the exam has shot up by 16 per cent since 2001. “As the number of applicants being accepted on to teaching courses rises, we need… Read more »

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Week in Westminster 20 October - 25 October 2008
Week in Westminster 20 October – 25 October 2008

Peter Mandelson, or to give him his new name, Lord Mandelson of Foy and Hartlepool, faces his first select committee grilling since returning from Brussels this week, with an appearance in front of the business and enterprise committee on Tuesday. On the one hand, he hasn’t been in the post long enough to have done… Read more »