Conservative senators are warding off a renewed push for a free vote on same-sex marriage for Liberal MPs, warning it would lead to chaos and fail anyway in the party room.
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November 26th, 2014
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November 26th, 2014
The Pope delivered a withering attack on the EU yesterday, telling the European parliament that the union was turning into an elderly, inhumane bureaucracy that harmed its own people and left migrants to die in the Mediterranean.
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November 25th, 2014
Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of Ofsted, says that 11 state schools have found to be failing to prepare pupils for life in modern Britain following a series of snap inspections.
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November 25th, 2014
The head of inspection service Sir Michael Wilshaw today said he is to meet faith leaders as part of its drive to ensure that schools promote British values.
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November 25th, 2014
The FA has launched a first-of-its-kind policy on transgender and transsexual people playing football – as it continues its drive to make the game open to everyone.
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November 25th, 2014
Teachers have been given powers to delete sexting images from pupils' phones which could be covering up the scale of the indecent images circulating in schools and online.
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November 25th, 2014
There was an interesting exchange last night at the annual lecture for Theos, the think tank that does God. After a speech by the economist Will Hutton which paid tribute to Catholic social teaching as a way of looking at economics, the floor was given over to the two MPs, Jon Cruddas and David Willetts.
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November 25th, 2014
Universities will have to ban hate preachers from speaking on campus under a crackdown unveiled yesterday by Theresa May.
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November 24th, 2014
Law Society apologises over advice to solicitors on how to draw up Sharia-style wills penalising widows and non-believers.
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November 24th, 2014
Family breakdown has a damaging impact on children's exam results and personal life, according to a study from family lawyers' association, Resolution.