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Rewrite UK history to include other races, says Phillips
Sept 25, 2007 Guardian
Trevor Phillips is urging that Britain should rewrite its "national story" to include all those who have contributed to its creation.
Ethnic minorities feel more British than whites?
Hindustan Times, India, 9 Sep 2007
The ethnic minority population in Britain is more likely to feel British than the white people, says a study.
Honours to reward 'unsung heroes'
July 24, 2007 BBC News
Reforms to the honours system will make it easier to reward volunteers and "unsung heroes", Gordon Brown has said.
The prime minister, who has written a book, Britain's Everyday Heroes, said he wanted to recognise "the great work that people do" in the community.
Lessons 'becoming a thing of the past'
July 29, 2007 The Telegraph
...The report also said the Government's drive to promote so-called "Britishness" was being undermined by lessons that focus too strongly on England while shunning Scotland, Wales and Ireland……The Government insisted it was addressing the concerns. Last week it published plans for its own overhaul of lesson content, while revised citizenship lessons will focus on cultural diversity in the UK.
Jim Knight, the schools minister, said: "The new elements in citizenship classes will help children learn about identity and Britishness. Looking at our shared British identity through the lens of history will strengthen links between citizenship and history."
British values at heart of the new National Curriculum
08 Jul 07
Lessons in British values will form the keystone of a new National Curriculum for secondary schools to be unveiled...
PM offers to hand power to the people in constitution debate
4th Jul 07
Gordon Brown yesterday laid out proposals for "a new British constitutional settlement that entrusts more power to parliament and the British people".
One in ten among Britain’s population was born abroad
26 June, 2007
Foreign-born people now make up almost one in ten of the population after a decade of high levels of immigration, according to a report published yesterday...
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