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C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years
The National Secular Society has said a rapid rise in the number of children being taken to Church of England school... Read More »
NSS: religious offence-taking must not curtail free speech at BBC
The National Secular Society has urged the BBC to treat free expression "as a positive value" as it raised concerns... Read More »
Greece takes major step towards disestablishment of Orthodox Church
Clerics in Greece's Orthodox Church will stop being civil servants after the country's government announced a significant... Read More »
Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education
The National Secular Society has told the Scottish government that it must not allow religious groups to undermine... Read More »
Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS
The National Secular Society has highlighted the risk that faith groups will continue to distort sex education in... Read More »
Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims
A rabbi has called on Orthodox Jewish schools to resist requirements to teach evolution and about non-traditional... Read More »
New guidance supports teaching RSE and evolution to young Muslims
Pupils should be taught about evolution, art, and sexual relationships and no child should be forced to wear a hijab,... Read More »
Ofsted head issues warning on religious pressure in education
The National Secular Society has said the government "must heed" a warning from the chief inspector of schools in... Read More »
Individual rights and autonomy key themes at NSS healthcare event
Speakers have called for individual rights and bodily autonomy to take priority over religious concerns in healthcare... Read More »
Most Britons support key secularist principles, says Pew research
Britons convincingly support several important secularist principles but a significant minority of them have attitudes... Read More »
Pakistani court orders woman facing death for blasphemy to be freed
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the freeing of Asia Bibi, who awaited a death sentence for blasphemy for eight... Read More »
No plans to create public holidays to mark more religious festivals
The government has rejected calls to make Hindu and Muslim religious festivals public holidays after the National... Read More »
Ireland votes to remove blasphemy from constitution
The National Secular Society has welcomed Irish voters' decision to repeal the blasphemy provisions in their country's... Read More »
Saudi Arabia is worst country to be an atheist, report says
Saudi Arabia has been named the worst country in the world to be an atheist in a new report monitoring the rights... Read More »
Commons passes bill and amendment on abortion in NI
The National Secular Society has again called for reform of Northern Ireland's abortion laws after the House of Commons... Read More »
NSS cautions against introducing more religious public holidays
The National Secular Society has warned MPs that introducing more religious public holidays could disadvantage workers... Read More »
NSS welcomes first convictions for running unregistered faith school
The National Secular Society has welcomed a landmark successful prosecution of the proprietors of an unregistered... Read More »
Three independent faith schools still open after multiple failures
The National Secular Society has questioned why three independent faith schools remain open despite failing multiple... Read More »
Abuse survivors sue Catholic order which ran children’s homes
Ten people are taking legal action against a religious order which ran two orphanages in central Scotland where large... Read More »
Australian ‘religious freedom’ review prompts discrimination row
The Australian government looks set to allow religious schools that receive public funds to dismiss teachers for their... Read More »
NSS welcomes Lancashire decision on non-stunned meat in schools
The National Secular Society has welcomed a vote from councillors in Lancashire which has ratified its decision to... Read More »
Ten more independent faith schools issued warnings by DfE
An Islamic school that breached the Equality Act by treating boys and girls unequally was among 10 failing independent... Read More »
At least 17 councils giving schools non-stunned meat, NSS reveals
At least 17 councils across the UK are supplying non-stunned halal meat to dozens of schools, NSS research has revealed.... Read More »
NSS writes to Foreign Office over blasphemy case in Pakistan
The National Secular Society has urged the Foreign Office to "do everything within its power" to secure the release... Read More »
Kavanaugh vote puts US church-state separation ‘in the balance’
Secularists in the US have warned that the country's church-state separation "hangs in the balance" following the... Read More »
