Celebrities hit out at plans for new faith schools

Celebrities, politicians and some of the UK’s leading thinkers have united to fight a plan for a new wave of single-faith schools, which they say “fundamentally threatens social cohesion”. Writer Ian McEwan, film director Ken Loach, broadcaster Baroness (Joan) Bakewell and philosopher AC Grayling are among the signatories to a letter in The Sunday Times today. Other big names to sign the letter include Sandi Toksvig, David Baddiel and Stephen Fry.
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