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Government to keep 50% faith cap on free school admissions

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 »

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Passing the progressive baton? Lib Dems slide into second place.
Polls put Lib Dems in second place

By Ian Dunt The Liberal Democrats have overtaken Labour in the first set of polls to come through since last Thursday’s TV debate. A YouGov poll for the Sun put the Conservatives on 33%, the Liberal Democrats up eight points to 30% and Labour lagging behind on 28%. This evening two polls underlined rapid Lib… Read more »

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Comment: The Lib Dems can’t work with Cameron

No matter what he says, Nick Clegg’s relationship with David Cameron would fall apart within months of a hung parliament By Matthew West In the past week Lord Adonis has appeared to take a certain amount of pleasure in winding up the Liberal Democrats. Last week, in the Independent he encouraged Lib Dem voters in… Read more »