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Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious

Adjudicator: faith schools may insist families are strictly religious

England's schools adjudicator has said it is "reasonable" for two state-funded Orthodox Jewish schools to expect the... Read More »

Government warnings for five failing independent faith schools

Government warnings for five failing independent faith schools

Three Islamic schools and two Jewish schools are among nine independent schools which were issued with warning notices... Read More »

MP calls for mandatory reporting of child abuse during PMQs

MP calls for mandatory reporting of child abuse during PMQs

The National Secular Society has welcomed an MP's call for a law to require the reporting of suspected child abuse,... Read More »

Labour peer raises case for disestablishment in Lords

Labour peer raises case for disestablishment in Lords

The National Secular Society has reiterated its call for the disestablishment of the Church of England after a peer... Read More »

NSS questions charity links to Islamic TV channel under investigation

NSS questions charity links to Islamic TV channel under investigation

The National Secular Society has questioned why an Islamic preacher who has praised Osama Bin Laden and said all Muslims... Read More »

CoE spent £40m of public money without proper scrutiny, NSS reveals

CoE spent £40m of public money without proper scrutiny, NSS reveals

The government allowed the Church of England to spend £40m of taxpayers' money on cathedral repairs without... Read More »

NSS presses government on non-stun meat as schools row intensifies

NSS presses government on non-stun meat as schools row intensifies

The National Secular Society has called on the government to take action to end the supply of non-stun meat amid growing... Read More »

Bishops’ place in Lords must be reviewed, say MPs

Bishops’ place in Lords must be reviewed, say MPs

A committee of MPs has said proposals to cut the size of the House of Lords should prompt a reduction in the number... Read More »

Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools

Government commits funding to new 100% selective faith schools

The government has announced funding for a wave of new voluntary aided faith schools, which can select all of their... Read More »

C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years

C of E services for schools expand by 56% in four years

The National Secular Society has said a rapid rise in the number of children being taken to Church of England school... Read More »

NSS: religious offence-taking must not curtail free speech at BBC

NSS: religious offence-taking must not curtail free speech at BBC

The National Secular Society has urged the BBC to treat free expression "as a positive value" as it raised concerns... Read More »

Greece takes major step towards disestablishment of Orthodox Church

Greece takes major step towards disestablishment of Orthodox Church

Clerics in Greece's Orthodox Church will stop being civil servants after the country's government announced a significant... Read More »

Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education

Scottish government commits to LGBT-inclusive education

The National Secular Society has told the Scottish government that it must not allow religious groups to undermine... Read More »

Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS

Don't let faith schools distort sex education, warns NSS

The National Secular Society has highlighted the risk that faith groups will continue to distort sex education in... Read More »

Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims

Government threatens Jewish schools’ “purity”, rabbi claims

A rabbi has called on Orthodox Jewish schools to resist requirements to teach evolution and about non-traditional... Read More »

New guidance supports teaching RSE and evolution to young Muslims

New guidance supports teaching RSE and evolution to young Muslims

Pupils should be taught about evolution, art, and sexual relationships and no child should be forced to wear a hijab,... Read More »

Ofsted head issues warning on religious pressure in education

Ofsted head issues warning on religious pressure in education

The National Secular Society has said the government "must heed" a warning from the chief inspector of schools in... Read More »

Individual rights and autonomy key themes at NSS healthcare event

Individual rights and autonomy key themes at NSS healthcare event

Speakers have called for individual rights and bodily autonomy to take priority over religious concerns in healthcare... Read More »

Most Britons support key secularist principles, says Pew research

Most Britons support key secularist principles, says Pew research

Britons convincingly support several important secularist principles but a significant minority of them have attitudes... Read More »

Pakistani court orders woman facing death for blasphemy to be freed

Pakistani court orders woman facing death for blasphemy to be freed

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the freeing of Asia Bibi, who awaited a death sentence for blasphemy for eight... Read More »

No plans to create public holidays to mark more religious festivals

No plans to create public holidays to mark more religious festivals

The government has rejected calls to make Hindu and Muslim religious festivals public holidays after the National... Read More »

Ireland votes to remove blasphemy from constitution

Ireland votes to remove blasphemy from constitution

The National Secular Society has welcomed Irish voters' decision to repeal the blasphemy provisions in their country's... Read More »

Saudi Arabia is worst country to be an atheist, report says

Saudi Arabia is worst country to be an atheist, report says

Saudi Arabia has been named the worst country in the world to be an atheist in a new report monitoring the rights... Read More »

Commons passes bill and amendment on abortion in NI

Commons passes bill and amendment on abortion in NI

The National Secular Society has again called for reform of Northern Ireland's abortion laws after the House of Commons... Read More »

NSS cautions against introducing more religious public holidays

NSS cautions against introducing more religious public holidays

The National Secular Society has warned MPs that introducing more religious public holidays could disadvantage workers... Read More »

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