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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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Nigel Farage has suggested his long-term aim is for Reform to “reverse take over” the Conservative Party. The new leader of Reform told ITV’s Good Morning Britain programme that he could not stand for, or seek to lead the Conservatives, “as they currently are”. Farage announced at an “emergency press conference” on Monday yet another… Read more »
The Conservative Party has pledged to amend the Equality Act to stop people “misinterpreting” current rules around gender and biological sex. The party said that reforming the law, which states that an individual must not be discriminated against on the basis of their sex, would clear up “confusion” among public bodies and institutions. Under the… Read more »
