Accommodation must be found over wearing of Sikh dagger in schools
Leading secularists have said an accommodation with religious groups needs to be found after a judge said Sikh children should be allowed to wear the dagger.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Hypocritical Cameron voted against proposals to reform parliamentary privilege
When the Parliamentary Standards Bill was introduced, it contained a clause stating parliamentary privilege did not prevent evidence being admissible.
Thousands of students’ dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts
Today’s UCAS figures confirm that thousands of students – one in three – will have their dreams of a university education shattered by government funding cuts.
One Young World summit to open in London tonight
At the inaugural One Young World summit from February 8th to 10th in London, hundreds of young leaders from 192 nations will take up the most pressing issues.
Scottish Cash for Access “looks like a clear breach of the rules”
It has now emerged that the SNP have held 6 fundraising lunches in Parliament, leading to allegations they are abusing their position to allow cash for access.
Politics Summary: Monday, February 8th
Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox has been slated by military chiefs for future Tory defence policy, which he is set to explain in a speech to the Royal Unitedtest
Progressive manifesto ideas – have your say
Since October, Left Foot Forward has been asking our readers and contributers to submit their manifesto ideas. The full list of ideas can be read here but below we summarise the list. We now want you to vote on yourtest
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
The Week in Politics • Labour MPs Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine, and Tory peer Lord Hanningfield were today charged with false accounting over their expenses claims. The four were served the day after Sir Thomas Legg publishedtest
“This is a good day for Northern Ireland”
The DUP and Sinn Fein have agreed a deal on the devolution of policing and justice, and parading in Northern Ireland following ten days of talks, and just over three years since the parties set a deadline of May 2008test
Tory stats questioned again as Hammond makes “unfair comparison”
The Conservative’s use of statistics have again come under scrutiny. Philip Hammond has made an “unfair comparison” of insolvency figures before and after 1997.