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Humanists UK welcomes Ofsted’s call to tackle illegal schools and improve RE

Ofsted has called on the Government to take action on illegal schools. The call came in Ofsted’s latest annual report, published yesterday. The report also highlighted that religious education (RE) provision in English state schools is ‘not fit for purpose’, and that independent faith schools perform very badly in Ofsted inspections. Humanists UK, which has led the… Read more »

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Straw ‘supports’ party spending cap

Jack Straw, the leader of the House of Commons, has said he is in favour of placing greater limits on the amount of money that political parties can spend. Although he believes the existing mechanisms in place to stop parties from overspending are “effective”, Mr Straw still thinks that there is room for improvement. “The… Read more »

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Lord Archer would be banned from the upper House if some MPs have their way
MPs call for Lords ban on convicted peers

Almost 30 MPs have signed a motion calling for convicted criminals to be barred from the House of Lords as they are from the Commons. An early day motion put by Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb has attracted 29 signatures since it was first put forward three weeks ago. It was prompted by the recent… Read more »