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The Court of Appeal has granted permission for a coalition of Christian schools, parents, and pupils to challenge the UK government’s controversial decision to impose VAT on private school fees, a policy that has already led to closures and widespread disruption across the independent education sector.

Next week, the Darlington nurses’ extraordinary legal case and journey, which has seen them meet with health secretary, Wes Streeting and Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, be compared to the Ford Dagenham women, and secure public backing from J.K. Rowling, is set to be heard. (see notes to editors for timeline of the case.)

Four Darlington nurses, already at the centre of a high-profile employment tribunal which begins this month, are now facing professional misconduct investigations, after four complaints made by members of the public to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Simon Pearson, the Christian teacher dismissed from Preston College for expressing concerns about violent crime and two-tier policing, has today spoken publicly at a Reform UK party free speech conference.

Local residents and elected representatives have raised fresh legal and ethical concerns regarding Monmouthshire County Council’s (MCC) proposed lease of the historic Carnegie Library in Abergavenny to the Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association (MMCA) for use as a mosque and Muslim community centre.