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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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Incumbent London mayor Ken Livingstone has developed a slim lead in the polls before Thursday’s vote, a politics.co.uk poll suggests. Thirty-seven per cent of respondents said they planned to vote for the Labour candidate as their choice to be mayor of London, compared to 34 per cent for Conservative challenger Boris Johnson. Mr Livingstone has… Read more »
Gordon Brown is beginning four days of campaigning ahead of Thursday’s local elections, in an effort to reverse the political momentum against him. The prime minister was forced into embarrassing concessions to Labour rebels over income tax changes last week, prompting Blairite Lord Levy to voice his concerns over the weekend. An ICM/Telegraph poll published… Read more »
