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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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Transport secretary Mark Harper has argued that the “tide is turning” against the rail unions in the long-running dispute over pay, as a fresh wave of rail disruption began on Tuesday morning. About 40,000 workers members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will go on strike from Tuesday, beginning two 48-hour strikes at… Read more »
