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The Government has today brought forward a Bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Humanists UK has welcomed this move as long overdue reform. But it has also said that the next step should be to remove the 26 Church of England bishops, known as the Lords Spiritual, who also have an automatic right… Read more »
Alistair Carmichael MP spoke of the need for building consensus with rural communities at BASC’s rural reception at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton this week. Mr Carmichael, the newly appointed chair of the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee, told guests at the packed event that his party would be a significant… Read more »
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Sir Keir Starmer has finished his shadow cabinet reshuffle, begun this morning as MPs returned to Westminster following the summer recess. It came as Sue Gray, former partygate investigator and senior civil servant, starts in her new role as Sir Keir’s chief of staff. Angela Rayner, the elected deputy leader of the Labour Party, has… Read more »
The schools minister has said that the emergence of “new evidence” over the safety of the concrete in some schools led to yesterday’s announcement about the full or partial closure of over 150 schools. Nick Gibb also revealed to Sky News this morning that he does not know how schools will have to completely close… Read more »
