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The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »
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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Plans to create electronic patient records across the NHS were “unachievable” and “unrealistic”, a National Audit Office (NAO) report has concluded. The national programme for IT in the NHS is proving to be an “enormous challenge”, the report notes, but says its original goals remain feasible and that progress is being made. When the scheme… Read more »
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been accused of “hypocrisy” over its treatment of international cluster bomb agreements. Landmine Action director Simon Conway made the claim days before a major conference in Dublin, when world leaders will finalise the text of an international treaty to ban the use and stockpiling of cluster munitions. During the… Read more »
