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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: Wed, 21 Oct 2020
Academisation leading to more religious control of schools, NSS finds
Religious groups have gained greater control over many schools as a result of opportunities created by academisation, the NSS has found.
Posted: Fri, 16 Oct 2020
NSS: school admissions changes miss chance to tackle discrimination
The NSS has criticised a revision of England's school admissions code for not tackling inequities stemming from faith-based admissions.
Posted: Fri, 16 Oct 2020
NSS gives evidence to Senedd committee over Welsh curriculum reform
The NSS has said children's rights should take priority over religious interests in a new curriculum for Wales in evidence to the Senedd....
Posted: Mon, 12 Oct 2020
Regular C of E worshippers form less than 2% of England’s population
Fewer than 2% of people in England regularly worshipped at CoE churches in 2019, even though many children attended services for schools....
Posted: Wed, 07 Oct 2020
Geoffrey Robertson to argue for disestablishment in NSS lecture
Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson will make the case for disestablishing the C of E in the NSS's 2020 Bradlaugh Lecture.
Related Opinion
The furore over John Sentamu not being handed a life peerage reveals an ugly culture of entitlement that has not served church or state well, argues Richard Scorer.
The Church of England’s culture of entitlement has to end
Posted: Tue, 20 Oct 2020
The beheading of Samuel Paty, a teacher in France targeted for showing Charlie Hebdo cartoons to his students, was an appalling attack on critical enquiry.
Brutally murdered for doing his job
Posted: Tue, 20 Oct 2020
Following a call for a greater role for religion in public services, Stephen Evans argues that any expansion of faith-based provision mustn't see equality and fair treatment relegated to secondary or dispensable...
Those providing public services – including religious groups – should respect reasonable boundaries
Posted: Thu, 08 Oct 2020
On the 10th anniversary of the Equality Act coming into force, Lynne Featherstone says reforms proposed by the NSS on education, caste discrimination and employment would make Britain fairer and more cohesive....
It’s time to tackle loopholes in equality law which privilege religion
Posted: Thu, 01 Oct 2020