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Lib Dems propose Schools Bill amendment to keep 50% faith selection cap

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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Rural livelihoods at risk due to firearms fees hike, warns BASC

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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Homepathic treatment should not receieve NHS funding, the MPs' reports said
No more homeopathy on the NHS, MPs demand

By politics.co.uk staff A damning new report on the use of homeopathy in the NHS by an influential panel of MPs has demanded an end to government funding of the controversial treatments. The science and technology committee also said the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should not allow homeopathic product labels to make… Read more »

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A national care service is causing controversy in Westminster
Tories boycott Labour care talks

By Ian Dunt The Tories will boycott Labour-organised discussions on a national care service, after branding them a government smokescreen. Andy Burnham, health secretary, will be holding talks with charities, local authorities and care providers to discuss the provision of elderly care, a subject which has prompted bitter rows in the Commons this month. But… Read more »