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A selection of referenced reports and briefings covering issues on which we campaign.
Consultation Responses and Submissions
Read our submissions and consultation responses. These contain plenty of facts, statistics and ideas that you may find helpful in your own discussions and debates.
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A collection of interviews, speeches, reports and other documents from the NSS
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If you’d like support for original research into secularism, let us know.
Related News
Posted: Tue, 14 Sep 2021
Doctors’ union drops opposition to assisted dying
A doctors' union has dropped its opposition to assisted dying in a historic vote.
Posted: Tue, 14 Sep 2021
NSS welcomes plans for non-stun slaughter labelling
The NSS is calling for the public to support proposals for meat from animals not stunned before slaughter to be accurately labelled.
Posted: Fri, 10 Sep 2021
Peers back bill to end compulsory worship in non-faith schools
A majority of peers have backed a bill to end the duty on non-faith schools in England and Wales to hold daily acts of Christian worship....
Posted: Mon, 06 Sep 2021
Culture isn’t an excuse for inaction, says Nazir Afzal in NSS lecture
The former prosecutor Nazir Afzal has addressed issues such as forced marriage, honour-based violence and child abuse in an NSS lecture.
Posted: Thu, 02 Sep 2021
Child abuse inquiry criticises religious groups’ “egregious failings”
An inquiry has criticised religious organisations' handling of child abuse and said various cultural factors contribute to the problem.
Related Opinion
As a bill to reform collective worship progresses in parliament, Stephen Evans argues that the time has come for lawmakers to recognise that laws mandating worship have no place in modern Britain.
Schools should be liberated from the compulsion of worship
Posted: Thu, 16 Sep 2021
Marriage law in England and Wales has failed to keep up with changing social realities. Russell Sandberg, the author of a new book on the topic, calls for change to put couples – not religious institutions...
Major reform is needed to ensure equality and fairness in marriage law
Posted: Mon, 13 Sep 2021
An inquiry's report has highlighted the barriers which regulators face in dealing with child abuse in religious charities. Megan Manson says this should prompt reforms – including in how charity...
Why can’t charity regulators tackle child abuse in faith groups?
Posted: Mon, 13 Sep 2021
After a mob attacked an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Indonesia and anti-Ahmadi rallies took place in Pakistan, Kunwar Khuldune Shahid says the failure to defend this marginalised group has far-reaching implications....
Indonesia mosque attack is a reminder that Ahmadi Muslims’ human rights need defending
Posted: Thu, 09 Sep 2021
The IICSA inquiry's latest report on child abuse in religious organisations and settings provides welcome evidence of significant problems – but is still too light on much-needed solutions, says...
Fundamentalists are still being given too much of a free pass on child abuse
Posted: Wed, 08 Sep 2021