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The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was announced in the 2024 King’s Speech, will receive its First Reading in Parliament today. Humanists UK has welcomed proposals including a Children Not in School Register and legislation to close loopholes that enable the continued operation of illegal faith schools. The Bill also includes a requirement… Read more »
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sent its final recommendations to the government on the restriction proposals for lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales. This is the culmination of a consultation launched in 2022, which has run alongside the voluntary transition away from lead first proposed by nine leading rural organisations, including BASC,… Read more »
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Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK will increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2030 at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland. Sunak said: “We will increase defence spending to a new baseline of 2.5 per cent of GDP, by 2030. That starts today, and rises steadily in each and every… Read more »
The government’s Rwanda deportation plan is the “last substantial card” the prime minister has left to play against the Labour Party ahead of the next general election, a polling expert has said. Polling guru professor Sir John Curtice was reacting this morning to the passage of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill last… Read more »
