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MB review delayed to avert anger at UK by foreign governments

Ian Black in The Guardian today reports on the delays envisaged to the publication of another sensitive report by the Government months after the work is said to have been completed. As with the Chilcot Inquiry report, which has suffered considerable delays to its publication despite evidence...

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Legal guidance finds pork-based flu vaccine 'unlawful'

The local paper, Huddersfield Examiner, reports on the release of legal guidance which suggests that a flu vaccine, Fluenz, that contains pork gelatine is unlawful because it discriminates against Muslims. Muslim parents in parts of the country have refused the vaccine, which is operated...

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Food labelling and religious slaughter

The Daily Mail picks up on a report in the Daily Telegraph concerning the Government’s consideration of food labelling of halal and kosher meat as the EU Commission prepares to publish a report in the new year on the future of food labelling and slaughter methods. Noting the debate in the...

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DCLG terminates funding to two Muslim charities

BBC News picks up on the written statement yesterday by the Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles, providing an update on the Government’s integration strategy and disclosing that the department has terminated the project funding of two Muslim organisations. According to the statement published in...

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Ex-EDL leader signals support for UKIP

The Huffington Post picks up on an interview in Newsweek magazine with the ex-founder of the English Defence League, Stephen Lennon, in which he declares his support for UKIP. Lennon told Newsweek of his reasons for supporting UKIP stating, “I’m not at liberty to go into details but all I...

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UKIP to gain £1.5 million in European grant

The Guardian, Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph all draw attention to BBC Newsnight’s revelation that the UK Independence Party has secured control of EU funds to the sum of £1.5 million as a result of forming a new pan-European party of which it is the largest member. Documents seen by...

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