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Council leader silencing debate on schools’ non-stun meat, NSS says

The National Secular Society has criticised the leader of Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire for "trying to silence"... Read More »

Brian Earp

Medical ethicist Brian Earp to speak at Secularism 2019

The National Secular Society is pleased to announce that cross-disciplinary medical ethicist Dr Brian D. Earp will... Read More »

EDM on prayers

Prayers shouldn’t be part of parliamentary business, say MPs

MPs have called for an end to the practice of holding prayers in parliament before the start of official business... Read More »

EHRC

NSS calls on equality body to promote inclusive education

The National Secular Society has called on the body which enforces Britain's equality laws to back an "inclusive and... Read More »

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Council abandons review of discretionary faith school transport

The National Secular Society has criticised a council in north Wales for abandoning plans to review its provision... Read More »

Inclusive schools

NSS urges councils to resist religiously selective faith schools

The National Secular Society has urged councils to support inclusive schooling and not to open faith schools which... Read More »

Head of state

Just a third of public supports royal ties with CoE, NSS poll finds

Only a third of the UK public thinks the monarchy's ties to the Church of England should remain intact, according... Read More »

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Ritual genital cutting kills boy in Italy

A two-year-old boy has died and his twin brother has been hospitalised after their genitals were cut for religious... Read More »

Welby

Welby’s political interventions seen as inappropriate, poll finds

A plurality of the public thinks it is inappropriate for the archbishop of Canterbury to express opinions on political... Read More »

Non-stun slaughter ban comes into effect in northern Belgium

Non-stun slaughter ban comes into effect in northern Belgium

The slaughter of animals without pre-stunning is set to be significantly reduced in Belgium after a ban came into... Read More »

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NSS writes to councillors over discretionary faith school transport

The National Secular Society has urged councillors in Wrexham in north Wales to take a decision on transport to faith... Read More »

Independent Jewish school that censors resources warned by DfE

Independent Jewish school that censors resources warned by DfE

An independent Orthodox Jewish school in north London that prevents pupils from gaining GCSEs by censoring resources... Read More »

NSS opens nominations for Secularist of the Year prize

NSS opens nominations for Secularist of the Year prize

The National Secular Society has called on supporters to submit nominations for the 14th Secularist of the Year award... Read More »

Sharia ‘law’ should not trump domestic law, ECHR rules

Sharia ‘law’ should not trump domestic law, ECHR rules

A Greek court was wrong to prioritise sharia 'law' provisions over those of the country's domestic legal code, the... Read More »

Most maintained rural primary schools are faith schools, data shows

Most maintained rural primary schools are faith schools, data shows

The National Secular Society has again said the government should monitor faith-based impositions on school choice... Read More »

Education secretary dismisses commission's call for RE reform

Education secretary dismisses commission's call for RE reform

The education secretary has dismissed calls for the reform of religious education in England after a major report... Read More »

Government “committed” to reviewing food labelling, peer says

Government “committed” to reviewing food labelling, peer says

The government is "committed" to reviewing food labelling, one of its peers has said, amid criticism of a decision... Read More »

Man fairly sacked over unauthorised religious absence, court rules

Man fairly sacked over unauthorised religious absence, court rules

A court has dismissed a man's claim for unfair dismissal after he was sacked for taking an unauthorised period of... Read More »

Report highlights religious threat to global human rights

Report highlights religious threat to global human rights

Blasphemy laws, supremacist ideologies, sectarianism, 'caste' systems and exclusionary laws are among the ways religion... Read More »

Home secretary urged not to adopt definition of ‘Islamophobia'

Home secretary urged not to adopt definition of ‘Islamophobia'

The National Secular Society has urged the home secretary to resist calls to adopt a formal definition of 'Islamophobia'... Read More »

Faith schools significantly limit choice for many parents, NSS finds

Faith schools significantly limit choice for many parents, NSS finds

Almost three in ten families in England live in areas where most or all of the local primary schools are faith-based,... Read More »

NSS asks Google to remove Indonesian app for reporting blasphemy

NSS asks Google to remove Indonesian app for reporting blasphemy

The National Secular Society has written to Google to ask it to remove an app which encourages Indonesians to report... Read More »

Two councils may cut preferential transport to faith schools

Two councils may cut preferential transport to faith schools

Councils in north Wales and Greater Manchester are considering cutting public funding for transport schemes which... Read More »

Framing religion as intrinsically positive harms education, study warns

Framing religion as intrinsically positive harms education, study warns

"Well-intentioned" religious education teachers are undermining the subject by framing religion as intrinsically positive... Read More »

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