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Gove announces creation of Due Diligence Unit

Education Secretary Michael Gove announced the creation of a Due Diligence Unit within the DfE tasked with ensuring that extremist religious views are not taught in schools. This is a direct adoption of a recommendation from Policy Exchange 2010 report Faith Schools We Can Believe In.

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Rt Hon Ken Clarke MP on the Justice & Security Bill

Policy Exchange was delighted to host Rt Hon Ken Clarke MP, Minister without Portfolio, to deliver a keynote speech on the upcoming Justice & Security Bill.

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Jim Murphy launches Labour's defence review

Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, launched Labour's defence policy review at Policy Exchange today. After the event he took part in an interview setting out the questions that will inform the review and what they will mean for defence investment.

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Lord Carlile warns of new wave of foreign terrorists to be released onto Britain's streets

Lib Dem terrorism expert Lord Carlile writes exclusively for Policy Exchange warning that the current application of Article 8 of the Human Rights Act is putting British security at risk by preventing the deportation of foreign terrorists.

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15 January 2013 | Eric Pickles ‘does God’, but does the government really agree?
- The Spectator quotes Communities Secretary Eric Pickles MP speaking about the importance of allowing people to freely wear religious symbols in the UK, prior to his speech on integration to Policy Exchange and British Future.
15 January 2013 | I'll protect faith from attack by militants who hate religion, says Eric Pickles
- The Daily Mail covers Communities Secretary Eric Pickles MP's upcoming keynote speech on integration to Policy Exchange and British Future. Pickles will argue at the event that people in Britain should be allowed to freely wear religious symbols as faith provides a clear moral compass.

05 September 2011 | Ties That Bind: How the story of Britain's Muslim Soldiers can forge a national identity
- In Ties that Bind former Islamist Shiraz Maher recaptures the lost history of Muslim service to the Crown. Maher shows that this collective past constitutes the basis of a new shared future – which can endure in no less testing circumstances.
22 November 2010 | Faith Schools We Can Believe In: Ensuring that tolerant and democratic values are upheld in every part of Britain's education system
- Faith Schools We Can Believe In proposes key structural, legislative and contractual changes to the way in which both the Department for Education and Ofsted work in preventing schools coming under extremist influence.

03 October 2011 | Lord Carlile warns of new wave of foreign terrorists to be released onto Britain's streets
- Lib Dem terrorism expert Lord Carlile writes exclusively for Policy Exchange warning that the current application of Article 8 of the Human Rights Act is putting British security at risk by preventing the deportation of foreign terrorists.
09 August 2011 | Do we need a new version of the Riot Act?
- Neil O'Brien, Policy Exchange's Director, writes on his Telegraph blog examining the case for a new riot act that includes a public declaration warning potential rioters of the consequences of their actions and an online version to accompany social media attempts to organise disorder.

15 January 2013 | Uniting Our Communities: Integration in 2013 with Eric Pickles
- Policy Exchange and British Future host Eric Pickles’s first major speech of 2013. He will review the lessons of the last year for how we find common ground in modern Britain, and set out the challenges ahead for strengthening our sense of shared citizenship in an increasingly diverse society.
02 November 2012 | Rt Hon Ken Clarke MP - The Justice & Security Bill: A common sense solution to a damaging problem
- We are delighted to host Rt Hon Ken Clarke MP, Minister without Portfolio. He will deliver a keynote speech on the upcoming Justice & Security Bill.

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