UK Greens would remove state funding of church schools

Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

The Green Party in the United Kingdom would strip church schools of taxpayer funding if it became the government.

The Greens are now sitting at 11 per cent support in polling ahead of the May general election in the UK.

They are close to a position where they could influence policy of a future government.

Other policies of the Greens include removing the charitable status of independent schools and banning religious instruction during school hours.

Large schools would be broken up and “creative” subjects given as much weight as “academic” ones.

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