{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62273dc8e6a9a3001514ea39/6aaa28d679ba7f1ecc045bda?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"‘Not a country we recognise’ | HEATED debate erupts over mandatory hijabs at a state-funded school","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62273dc8e6a9a3001514ea39/1789536465535-adbef35c-1f0c-4bfe-b633-9a9fa09035c5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><br></p><p><br></p><p>The Conservatives have confronted a Labour-run London council with 'deep concerns' over the signing off of a school forcing female pupils to wear hijabs.</p><p><br></p><p>Barnet Hill Academy, an independent Islamic faith school, requires girls from the age of seven to wear hijabs and will become state-funded from the beginning of September after the local authority approved its application last month.</p><p><br></p><p>Voluntary-aided (VA) schools are maintained and funded by local authorities, while their governing bodies retain control over areas including staffing and admissions.</p>","author_name":"GB News"}