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During last night’s late night sitting in the House of Lords, running beyond 2am, peers voted to allow women to continue to access abortion services at home. Prior to Covid, women were required to attend a clinic in person to access abortion pills. But since then, they have been able to receive the pills by post. The… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has committed to contributing £75,000 towards Natural England’s hen harrier recovery work over the next three years, via its Legacy Fund. Three annual payments of £25,000 will aid Natural England’s objectives of winter roost monitoring, support and education around diversionary feeding, and the southern reintroduction of the species. The three-year agreement follows… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Parents and community groups will for the first time be able to apply to set up a free school, with application forms now being released by the Department for Education. The proposal form asks the reasons for setting up the school, its aims, a curriculum outline, evidence of demand and possible locations…. Read more »
By Ian Dunt Twenty-six of the UK’s top scientists have written to the government demanding that evolution be specifically included in the primary curriculum. The letter was organised after key reforms to the primary curriculum, which included evolution for the first time, were dropped just before the election. “It was with huge disappointment that we… Read more »
