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Latest News
Posted: Tue, 26 Oct 2021
Bishops’ bench rallies against Assisted Dying Bill
Anglican bishops in the House of Lords have united to oppose a bill to allow the choice of assisted dying for terminally ill people.
Posted: Thu, 21 Oct 2021
Two independent Jewish schools banned from admitting new pupils
Two independent Jewish schools have been barred from admitting new pupils after inspectors identified serious and persistent failings.
Posted: Mon, 18 Oct 2021
Secularists celebrate restoration of Charles Bradlaugh’s grave
A new bust of NSS founder Charles Bradlaugh has been unveiled at a ceremony to mark the restoration of his grave.
Posted: Thu, 14 Oct 2021
NSS calls for transparency over discriminatory school admissions
The NSS has urged the new schools' minister to increase transparency over school admissions.
Posted: Wed, 13 Oct 2021
NSS backs moves to promote integrated education in NI
The NSS has backed legislation in the Northern Ireland Assembly calling on the government to actively promote integrated education.
Opinion
The national conversation following the brutal killing of David Amess suggests an unwillingness to tackle the Islamic extremism behind it, argues Stephen Evans.
Islamist extremism won’t be addressed by ignoring it
Posted: Thu, 21 Oct 2021
A case in Leicestershire shows the mess faith groups make of admissions and why secular accountability is necessary, argues Alastair Lichten.
Why is the Catholic church allowed to hinder secondary school choice?
Posted: Thu, 21 Oct 2021
Keith Porteous Wood says France's deference to the Catholic Church has obstructed justice for hundreds of thousands of abuse victims.
Only secular law can bring justice to victims of mass clerical abuse in France
Posted: Thu, 07 Oct 2021
Helen Nicholls reviews The Reluctant Gay Activist, the revised memoir of former NSS president Terry Sanderson.
Terry Sanderson’s memoir shows gay and secularist activism go hand in hand
Posted: Thu, 07 Oct 2021