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    A selection of referenced reports and briefings covering issues on which we campaign.

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    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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    • We campaign for the law and the administration of justice to be based on equality, respect for human rights, and on objective evidence.

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    • Public services that are intended for the whole community, especially those funded by public money, should be provided in a secular context.

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    • We campaign on a wide range of topics where religious privilege impacts public life. Including:

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  • Religion and the State
    • For over 150 years we have campaigned for disestablishment, the separation of the C of E and state.

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Following the furore over the archbishop of Canterbury's latest political intervention, Stephen Evans argues Justin Welby should be free to speak, but his words shouldn't carry the constitutional weight...

The Church shouldn’t have a privileged platform in political debate

Tags: Church and State, Disestablishment

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CofE plans to increase influence in post-16 education smack of hubris

Tags: Education, Further education

Posted: Thu, 07 Apr 2022

The government's new proposals for education reform in England could see increased discrimination, and most non-faith schools placed in faith-based academy trusts. Alastair Lichten explores the threat...

A government blueprint for more religious control of schools?

Tags: Education, Faith schools

Posted: Wed, 30 Mar 2022

Keeping religion and state education separate is the best way of ensuring schools promote free inquiry, equality and inclusivity, argues Stephen Evans.

An inclusive Britain starts with inclusive schools

Tags: Admissions, Education, Faith schools

Posted: Wed, 23 Mar 2022

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