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MPs vote down amendment to remove bishops in the House of Lords
The amendment was defeated after 378 MPs voted it down, with just 41 MPs in favour. Despite most new Labour MPs reportedly ...
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House of Lords reforms must address bishops, say peers
Cross party support expressed for abolishing the bishops' bench entirely in debate on reforming the House of Lords ...
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MP threatened journalists with police action after gurdwara article
Newspaper says MP attempted to intimidate them into withdrawing article highlighting extremism concerns at Sikh place of ...
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Faith school stopped Ofsted asking pupils about sexual abuse
Ateres High School for Girls requested inspectors not ask pupils "directly" about sexual abuse, or the personal ...
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Ex-doctor pleads guilty to ritual circumcision child cruelty
A former Birmingham doctor has pled guilty to charges of child cruelty and actual bodily harm (ABH) relating to his mobile ...
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CofE clergy call on Welby to resign over Smyth abuse scandal
Bishop among CofE members calling for archbishop of Canterbury's resignation for failing to act on preacher who abused dozens of boys ...
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NSS calls for release of Iranian protestor Ahoo Daryaei
The NSS has also called on the FCDO to intervene on the case of Shagufta Kiran, a Christian woman sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws in September for supposedly insulting the Islamic ...
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Most new Labour MPs ‘agree with abolishing bishops’ seats in Lords’
According to Parliament's in-house magazine, most of Labour's new intake of MPs privately support ending reserved seats for clerics in the Lords. Most new Labour MPs privately agree with abolishing ...