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Faith schools urged to end selection on basis of religion

Faith schools should stop selecting pupils on the basis of their religious background in order to promote social cohesion, the Runnymede Trust, a charity set up to promote a multi-ethnic Britan, said today. A report, Right to Divide? Faith Schools and Community Cohesion, examines how faith school...

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Speaker's investigation into Damian Green raid will not begin for months

Speaker Michael Martin's committee into why police were allowed to raid an MP's offices without a warrant will not begin its investigation for months, it emerged today.The Speaker of the House of Commons looked increasingly isolated today as the Tories claimed that the inquiry, as detailed by Har...

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Guardian Daily podcast: Damian Green police 'had no warrant'; plus Alex Ross wins book award

The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, is to make a Commons statement today on the arrest of the Tory frontbencher Damian Green. Senior political correspondent Andrew Sparrow assesses the implications of yesterday's allegations from the Speaker, Michael Martin, that the police didn't have a search war...

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Sales of the G-Wiz electric car have slumped by more than half

Jonathan Ross, Kristin Scott-Thomas and Jade Jagger all proudly own one. Even the Lloyds TSB chairman Victor Blank was snapped stepping out of one on his way to a meeting to discuss the takeover of HBOS. They may look like Noddy cars, but for the green-conscious urban motorist, the G-Wiz was the ...

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