内容摘要：Students would gain a professional qualification once they completed the Higher Education certificate in therapeutic fostering.

Students would gain a professional qualification once they completed the Higher Education certificate in therapeutic fostering.

If a review by Scottish Forestry sides with the protesters, thousands of recently planted trees could be uprooted to allow for the hillsides to be restored.David Lintott from SRAG said: "What's happened at Stobo Hope is very upsetting - this is devastating for the flora and fauna."

The Forestry Carbon Sequestration Fund, which is managed by the Guernsey-based investment company True North, was awarded more than £2million from the government's forestry grant scheme for creating a woodland in the rural valley.Their proposals for a mix of commercial and native tree planting across 10 square-kilometres of the area to the north of Peebles was approved by Scottish Forestry in February.But locals formed an action group to fight the decision as they believed the hills not only provided valuable habitats for rare species of wildlife, but were also within a designated National Scenic Area.

Mr Lintott said: "Nature Scot and the RSPB both raised concerns, as well as ourselves, yet Scottish Forestry allowed this to go ahead without an environmental impact assessment."Thousands of people walk in these hills every year and they provide habitats for many species.

"We don't believe that public money should be supporting a woodland that would cause so much harm."

Protesters claim that up to 400 hectares of the hillsides have already been sprayed with herbicides.But there will be a big political argument about this.

The Conservatives will contend that the cost of government borrowing was rising even before President Trump took office and that the tax rises in Reeves's Budget in October were a major factor, as well as in stunting growth.Relatedly, it is worth stressing that this month was not meant to be a big economic moment for the government.

Over recent years, a fiscal rhythm has developed where there is one Budget a year and then a second (spring or autumn) statement which also contains significant tax and spend measures and is akin to a mini-budget.Reeves wanted to end that, with an