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Latest News
Posted: Mon, 19 Nov 2018
Bishops’ place in Lords must be reviewed, say MPs
A committee of MPs has said the number of bishops in the House of Lords should be reviewed as part of proposals for Lords reform.
Posted: Thu, 15 Nov 2018
Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools
The government has announced funding for a wave of new voluntary aided schools, which can select all their children based on faith.
Posted: Wed, 14 Nov 2018
C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years
The NSS has said a rise in the number of children attending C of E school services should prompt "a separation of church and school".
Posted: Tue, 13 Nov 2018
NSS: religious offence-taking must not curtail free speech at BBC
The NSS has urged the BBC to uphold free expression and expressed concerns that new guidelines defer too much to religious sensitivities....
Posted: Thu, 08 Nov 2018
Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education
The NSS has told the Scottish government it mustn't let religious groups undermine its commitment to LGBT-inclusive education.
Opinion
For Interfaith Week 2018, campaigns officer Megan Manson explains how the NSS's work protects those who are religious as well as those who are not.
How secularism protects people who have religious faith
Posted: Wed, 14 Nov 2018
As the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse turned its attention to the Catholic Church's archdiocese of Birmingham, Richard Scorer delivered the following opening statement on behalf of several victims.
Time to end criminality and cover-up in the Catholic Church
Posted: Mon, 12 Nov 2018
Emma Park says Ian McEwan's book and the film it has inspired prompt the questions of what the state should do when a young person's religion conflicts with their welfare, and how this affects religious freedom.
Review: The Children Act
Posted: Thu, 08 Nov 2018
Just as Irish citizens strike a blow for the right to freedom of expression, the European Court has fundamentally undermined it, argues Stephen Evans.
European ruling that ‘religious feelings’ trump free speech is a dangerous development
Posted: Fri, 26 Oct 2018
After a sharp rise in reported crimes in which religious hatred was a factor, Alastair Lichten says liberal democracies should challenge hatred and bigotry while resisting attempts to silence ideas.
We must resist both religious hatred and its weaponisation
Posted: Thu, 18 Oct 2018