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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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Tugendhat, the shadow security minister, is widely thought to be preparing for a tilt at the Conservative leadership.
The new Labour government will unveil more than 35 bills during the first King’s Speech of its tenure, with legislation expected on spending rules, transport, English devolution, clean energy, border security and planning reform. Wednesday’s speech — the first Speech from the Throne under a Labour government in 14 years — is expected to feature… Read more »
