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Humanists are celebrating a partial victory after the Department for Education announced it will keep restrictions on faith-based admissions criteria in new state-funded free schools in England – the so-called ‘50% cap’. However, Humanists UK, which led the campaign against these proposals, has said it is certain that new schools with 100% selective admissions policies will nevertheless… Read more »
MPs from the Labour Party, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and Green Party have come together to back a new amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to allow those with neurodegenerative illnesses to access assisted dying when they have twelve months or fewer to live, rather than six, as currently stipulated in the… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron’s flagship ‘big society’ policy was set in motion today as the new communities czar sets out her plans. Over the next year Baroness Newlove will visit local projects to identify the best practise for “community activism” and then report to the government on how to remove barriers from the state…. Read more »
By Alex Stevenson David Cameron’s blunt comments questioning Pakistan’s commitment to fighting terrorists are being overcome by diplomats’ efforts, William Hague has told MPs. The foreign secretary said cooperation between Britain and Pakistan on counter-terrorism issues had “substantially improved in recent times” during an evidence session with MPs. He told the Commons’ foreign affairs committee… Read more »
