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News Bulletin 23 December 2011

David Cameron has said Britain ‘is’ a Christian country, and “we should not be afraid to say so”, as he marked 400 years of the King James Version of the Bible — Peter Tatchell has offered to testify in defence of Christian employee Adrian Smith who was disciplined because of private comments he made online about civil partnerships — Tesco has moved to distance itself from comments made by one of its executives, Nick Lansley, after he branded Christians who oppose the redefinition of marriage “evil” — Over 17,000 singers in the UK and Switzerland teamed up last weekend in a bid to break the ‘carol singing’ world record — And watch a review of the year highlighting some of the main stories The Christian Institute have covered during 2011.

Nick Clegg criticises David Cameron’s marriage tax break plan

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has hit out at the idea of tax breaks for married couples in a speech to think-tank Demos. He said while he agreed that “strong relationships between parents are immensely important”, he disagreed with Mr Cameron’s plan to support married couples in the tax system. Mr Clegg made the comments on 19 December.