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Posted: Fri, 05 Mar 2021
Church’s future as charity in doubt after ‘plague protection kits’ row
A regulator has appointed an interim manager to a church after the NSS raised concerns over 'plague protection kits' sold by its bishop.
Posted: Fri, 05 Mar 2021
French cardinal culpable over failure to disclose child sexual abuse
France's top court has confirmed that Philippe Barbarin, a former Catholic archbishop, is culpable for failing to report child abuse.
Posted: Thu, 04 Mar 2021
Let women take abortion medication at home permanently, says NSS
The NSS has said measures currently allowing women to have early medical abortions at home should be made permanent across Britain.
Posted: Thu, 04 Mar 2021
NSS to host book launch for first modern biography of GJ Holyoake
The NSS will host a book launch for the first modern biography of George Holyoake, a key figure in UK secularist history, on 22 April.
Posted: Fri, 26 Feb 2021
Don’t renege on free speech protection, NSS tells justice minister
The NSS has urged Scotland's justice minister not to dilute protection for free speech on religion in the current hate crime bill.
Opinion
An adjudicator's ruling has exposed the outrageous requirements a state-funded faith school places on pupils and their families. This shows the need to end faith-based discrimination in admissions, says Megan Manson.
Faith-based school admissions pave the way for sexist and unreasonable demands. It’s time to end them
Posted: Fri, 05 Mar 2021
As the Scottish government confirms funding for a new joint campus between a non-denominational school and a Catholic one, Neil Barber says ministers should instead seek a unified, secular education system.
Joint campuses are a cop out in efforts to tackle sectarianism
Posted: Wed, 03 Mar 2021
Alastair Lichten says a review of education provision in Northern Ireland must be willing to challenge entrenched religious interests to deliver on ambitions for a more efficient and inclusive system.
NI’s education review is a golden chance to take a stand for inclusion
Posted: Thu, 25 Feb 2021
A comprehensive new bank of academic research shows how shaky the main arguments for faith schools are, say its authors Steven Kettell and Rebecca Vernon.
The evidence against faith schools is overwhelming
Posted: Tue, 23 Feb 2021
The misery which women and children faced for decades highlights the damage that can be done when states leave religious authority unchecked, says NSS president Keith Porteous Wood.
Ireland's mother and baby homes scandal shows the necessity of separating church and state
Posted: Fri, 05 Feb 2021