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New habitat management course woefully inadequate, says sector

The removal of gamekeeping and wildlife management courses from the education syllabus by 2023 has been described by the rural sector as “deeply concerning” in an open letter to the Secretary of State for Education, Nadhim Zahawi. The letter states the removal of the Land & Wildlife course within the new T Level system will… Read more »

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Bonfire of the quangos:The government is pushing ahead with its cull of 'arm's length bodies'
D-day for the quangos

By Ian Dunt The face of British political life was fundamentally altered today with a radical overhaul of the country’s quangos. Nine hundred bodies have found out if they are to be merged, scrapped or saved, as Francis Maude finally revealed their fate. The Cabinet Office website repeatedly crashed as thousands of workers tried to… Read more »

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Sir Gus O'Donnell (r) welcomes David Cameron into Downing Street
Civil servants’ coalition ‘manual’ under spotlight

By Alex Stevenson The secretive Cabinet guidance which helped shape coalition negotiations faces scrutiny from today. An inquiry by the Commons’ political and constitutional reform committee will seek to establish how such a document could have had an influence on the coalition formation process without being approved by parliament. Coalition negotiations took place in the… Read more »