An opt-out in the way faith schools can teach a new curriculum for sex education does not mean the proposals have been watered down, Ed Balls has said.
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February 24th, 2010
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February 24th, 2010
Schools Secretary Ed Balls, a West Yorkshire MP, has defended the Government's record on teenage pregnancies before figures are published which are likely to show a key target has been missed.
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February 24th, 2010
'Right-to-die' campaigner Debbie Purdy today criticised Gordon Brown for showing a 'lack of respect' to the British people after he warned against legalising assisted suicide.
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February 24th, 2010
The Roman Catholic Church has for years complained about what it sees an attack on family values by Labour.
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February 24th, 2010
A Vermont judge has ordered the arrest of a former lesbian turned Christian who's been in a long custody battle with her ex-partner.
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February 24th, 2010
Labour's attempts to woo faith voters backfired spectacularly last night when the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland condemned the party for an 'unrelenting attack on family values' during its time in government.
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February 24th, 2010
Archbishop Vincent Nichols, leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, has got some leading to do. Ed Balls is insisting that Catholic schools must provide information to teenage girls on where they can kill the child in their womb.
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February 24th, 2010
An immensely important and chilling analysis by the authoritative Intelligence and Analysis Information Centre in Tel Aviv highlights the shocking extent to which Britain has become the European epicentre of Hamas activity.
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February 24th, 2010
A discussion on the Today programme yesterday morning provided a graphic illustration of the astounding intellectual and moral confusion, ignorance and bullying which passes for much of current debate, especially where the issue of religion is concerned.
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February 24th, 2010
The four older Muslim brothers of a 26-year-old Christian beat him unconscious here earlier this month because he refused their enticements to convert to Islam, the victim told Compass.