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BASC has criticised the government’s decision to grant police automatic powers of entry into the homes of firearms certificate holders as unnecessary and an erosion of civil liberties. The police already have powers of entry to prevent crime and if life is in danger. They can also get a warrant from a magistrate and they… Read more »

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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Conservative and Liberal Democrat backbenchers cut the coalition’s majority to 27 but never seriously threatened a defeat in the clash over rules controlling home extensions.

Tory troublemaker David Davis is stealing the headlines from the government’s growth strategy with his own calls for “economic shock therapy”.















