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Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
It has been reported by The Sunday Times that the Government is considering plans to remove the 50% admissions cap on new faith schools in England. This would mean that they would no longer have to offer a proportion of their places to children who do not follow their religion but would instead be able… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff MPs will receive a pay increase of £1,000, taking their basic salary up to £65,737 a year. The decision was made by the Senior Salaries Review Body without any input from MPs, and will go through automatically. It calculated the amount by looking at changes to pay in other areas of the… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown has insisted he agreed to every request made by defence chiefs during the Iraq war, in a politically charged session at the Chilcot inquiry. The prime minister had been accused by a previous witness that as chancellor he “guillotined” defence spending for Iraq.. Within the opening half-hour of evidence, however,… Read more »
