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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 »

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the government’s decision to significantly increase firearms licensing fees poses a threat to rural livelihoods and fails to deal with gross inefficiencies which in many cases provides an unacceptable service. Moreover, an inefficient system is an ineffective system, and this puts public safety at… Read more »
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The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), the first agreements of which were launched with fanfare by Defra last month, lacks the punch to improve food security or farming sustainability. Announcing the new guidance, the government recognised that “food security is national security”, claiming to deliver on its commitment of providing stability for farmers. But the farming… Read more »

At the general election, many voters in rural and coastal communities, for the first time, put their trust in Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates to represent their interests. Voters hope their new MPs would champion their concerns, help protect jobs in their community and stand up for the local economies they represent. Well, their first… Read more »









