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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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By politics.co.uk staff Oona King is expected to line herself up as Labour’s challenger against Boris Johnson in the upcoming London Mayoral election. The former Bethnal Green and Bow MP would have to challenge Ken Livingstone for the role. The winner will be decided at the party conference in the autumn, at the same time… Read more »

By Aled Thomas Boris Johnson has appointed a cost-cutting consultant to the Greater London Authority at £127,000 a year. The London mayor has given the job of advisor on budgets and performance to Nicholas Griffin, a former partner at Deloitte. He will be charged with finding opportunities to cut costs across the Greater London Authority… Read more »










