* general election 2010
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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The Cameron Girls try to bring some positive fun into the election campaign.
By Marina Kim Clergy in the Midlands have been asked to ban BNP candidates from speaking at candidates’ hustings debates organised by churches. The Diocese of Lichfield, which includes 600 churches and serves over two million people in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Sandwell, issued the election briefing ahead of the elections. In guidance notes… Read more »
