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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 »
MPs from the Labour Party, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and Green Party have come together to back a new amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to allow those with neurodegenerative illnesses to access assisted dying when they have twelve months or fewer to live, rather than six, as currently stipulated in the… Read more »
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The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, subscribe here and never miss this daily briefing. With less than half of the 107 councils holding elections having declared results, the overall picture as of 1.30 pm on Friday remains incomplete. But from the patchwork of local election results ready to be analysed, one conclusion features… Read more »
Labour national campaign coordinator has suggested the party’s stance on Gaza has been an “issue” in some contests as the local election results continue to come in. A backlash over the party’s position on the conflict in the Middle East has been linked to Labour losing overall control of Oldham Council, despite otherwise positive local… Read more »
