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Family to challenge law requiring Christian RE and worship in NI schools

The High Court will consider a challenge to the laws requiring faith-based Christian religious education (RE) and collective worship in schools in Northern Ireland today. A non-religious family is mounting the legal challenge arguing the exclusively Christian nature of RE and worship violates their human rights. The case is being supported by Northern Ireland Humanists…. Read more »

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New firearms licence condition welcomed by BASC Northern Ireland

Improvement to firearms licence condition welcomed by BASC Northern Ireland The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has welcomed the introduction of a firearms certificate condition that will allow the licence holder to shoot any lawful quarry on land where they have the authority to shoot. The condition known… Read more »

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The week in politics: Economy and phone-hacking just won’t go away

Politicians and journalists spent the last full week of January 2011 wringing their hands – but for very different reasons. For the politicians, the problem was the economy, stupid. It’s never good news when GDP starts contracting, which is why the coalition found itself on the back foot all week. There’s only so many times… Read more »

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David Cameron's Davos speech in full
David Cameron’s Davos speech in full

Read David Cameron’s speech to the Davos World Economic Forum in full, on politics.co.uk. Thank you, Professor. It’s been four decades since you first invited European business leaders up this mountain and gave them a stark message modernise and adapt – or fall behind and fail. Forty years on, here we are again. No one… Read more »