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Harriet Harman has today put forward an amendment to the Government’s Hereditary Peers Bill which aims to end the automatic right of Church of England bishops to sit in the House of Lords. The amendment has been tabled with the support of Humanists UK and it is expected that it will be cosponsored by crossbench… Read more »
Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Munira Wilson MP has tabled an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to keep the 50% cap on faith-based admissions in new religious schools. Since 2011 all new state schools have had to be free schools and they have been subject to such a cap. But the Schools Bill is set… Read more »
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The UK labour market continues to suffer from chronic skills shortages, particularly in IT and digital, engineering, and other professional sectors. According to the most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there are currently in excess of 1.3 million open vacancies across the economy, representing a record high. The reasons behind this… Read more »
Today letters will be sent to 500 people who receive one of the benefits being replaced by universal credit (UC), marking the resumption of the government’s “managed migration” to UC after it was paused during the pandemic. Between now and December 2024, 2.6 million people will move from older benefits to universal credit. A lot… Read more »
