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Latest News
Posted: Mon, 19 Aug 2019
Jewish school may severely restrict families’ IT use, says DfE
The government has said it will not prevent a Jewish school from severely restricting families' IT use after the NSS raised concerns.
Posted: Fri, 16 Aug 2019
NSS: don’t let religious groups discriminate on civil partnerships
The NSS has warned against allowing religious groups to host opposite-sex civil partnerships while opting out of hosting same-sex ones.
Posted: Fri, 16 Aug 2019
End religious appointees on Scottish education committees, NSS says
The NSS has urged MSPs to remove religious appointees from council education committees in a major report.
Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2019
NSS urges government to review its language on blasphemy laws
The NSS has asked the government to review its stance on blasphemy laws amid concern that ministers only criticise their "misuse".
Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2019
Public Health England changes vaccination advice after NSS lobbying
A health body has withdrawn guidance encouraging parents to seek faith leaders' advice over vaccinations after the NSS questioned it.
Opinion
As opposition to compulsory worship gathers and its defenders grow increasingly out of touch, Alastair Lichten says ministers should reconsider the law and its implementation.
The government must respond to pressure to end compulsory school worship
Posted: Mon, 05 Aug 2019
Dr Joyce D'Silva of Compassion in World Farming says the organisation campaigns for an end to religious exemptions that allow non-stun slaughter so farm animals are treated as humanely as possible.
Non-stun slaughter must end on animal welfare grounds
Posted: Thu, 01 Aug 2019
The current wave of religious protests outside schools began with objections to the No Outsiders scheme of work. As its author prepares to give the NSS's Bradlaugh Lecture, Megan Manson asks what the fuss was about.
‘No Outsiders’ offers a vision of tolerance and equality
Posted: Wed, 31 Jul 2019
After the minister for faith's resignation, Stephen Evans says this unnecessary role enables the government to promote a positive view of religion and should be abandoned.
The ‘minister for faith’ shouldn’t be replaced
Posted: Tue, 30 Jul 2019
The campaign against inclusive relationships and sex education risks spreading from the school gates to sympathetic faith school authorities. Alastair Lichten argues the government must act now to save the subject.
The new education secretary must resist the reactionary campaign against RSE
Posted: Thu, 25 Jul 2019