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David Laws on faith schools and the Liberal Democrats

By David Laws | 10th March 2010 - 11:45 am

As the issue of faith schools has often been debated on this site, and it’s been back in the news with the question of sex and relationship education, we’ve asked David Laws to explain the party’s approach to these issues:

The recent Government climbdown over sex and relationship education in state funded faith schools has prompted further debate amongst liberals about what role, if any, faith schools should have in English education.

Some liberals argue that in a free society faith groups should be free to deliver a faith education, and that parents should be free to send their children to such …

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Posted in News and Op-eds | Tagged education and faith schools | 115 Comments

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