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Latest News
Posted: Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Council to approve discriminatory new faith school in Peterborough
A new discriminatory Catholic primary school is expected to open in Peterborough after education officials recommended its approval.
Posted: Thu, 16 Jan 2020
Don’t require employers to accommodate religious demands, says NSS
The NSS has urged the Council of Europe not to adopt a motion which would privilege religious demands from employees in the workplace.
Posted: Thu, 16 Jan 2020
Ofsted investigated over 100 unregistered faith schools since 2016
Over 100 unregistered faith 'schools' were investigated in England between January 2016 and August 2019, inspectors have said.
Posted: Wed, 15 Jan 2020
Calls for parliamentary prayers review after MP compelled to attend
An MP has called for a review of the practice of holding parliamentary prayers after being effectively forced to attend.
Posted: Wed, 08 Jan 2020
Islamic school segregates and treats girls unfavourably, says Ofsted
An independent Islamic school is segregating pupils by sex and giving boys more opportunities than girls, inspectors have found.
Opinion
Keith Porteous Wood says the shocking failings highlighted by the BBC documentary The Church's Darkest Secret show the need to separate church and state.
Let’s disestablish the church that covered up sexual abuse
Posted: Fri, 17 Jan 2020
Half a decade after the Islamist attack on cartoonists in France, Chris Sloggett says we owe it to the victims and those left behind to reject blasphemy taboos.
Five years after the Charlie Hebdo murders, free expression on religion still needs promoting
Posted: Tue, 07 Jan 2020
Sex education empowers young people. The government must stand up to those making faux religious freedom arguments in an attempt to stop them receiving it, argues Stephen Evans.
Don’t let controlling ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups undermine sex education
Posted: Fri, 03 Jan 2020
Three-quarters of a century ago an enduring piece of legislation secured free education for all – but gave churches substantial control over schools in return. Keith Sharpe says this settlement needs updating.
The 1944 Education Act was a landmark law – but let’s reconsider the privileges it granted to religion
Posted: Wed, 18 Dec 2019
The General Medical Council has decided not to pursue a case against a GP who was accused of pushing religion on a vulnerable patient. Stephen Evans warns against allowing this exploitative behaviour.
Medical regulators shouldn’t let doctors push religion on patients
Posted: Tue, 10 Dec 2019