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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 »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the government’s decision to significantly increase firearms licensing fees poses a threat to rural livelihoods and fails to deal with gross inefficiencies which in many cases provides an unacceptable service. Moreover, an inefficient system is an ineffective system, and this puts public safety at… Read more »
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The leader of Conservative Euro-MPs is facing calls for an investigation after it was revealed he funnelled some of his parliamentary allowances into his family company. Giles Chichester was forced into revealing his use of the allowance after David Cameron, Tory party leader, instigated a ‘clean-up’ campaign following the scandal around Derek Conway. European parliament… Read more »
The office of the shadow housing secretary, Grant Shapp, was part-funded by an estate agent while that of the shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, received a donation from a medical equipment company. The revelations come as MPs loose their fight to have second home expenses kept private. The information is revealed in a report from… Read more »
