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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 allocation of government funding will “shift significantly” towards those Muslim groups that are proactively working to combat extremism, Ruth Kelly has announced. The communities and local government secretary said she would work more closely with those groups who “show through their words and actions they are determined to take on the extremists and defend… Read more »
Tony Blair refused to back Gordon Brown as his successor today when David Cameron pressed him in a heated session of prime minister’s questions. In the first head-to-head meeting between the party leaders since the parliamentary recess began 11 weeks ago, the Conservative leader also attacked Labour’s handling of the prisons crisis and the health… Read more »
