Tags: Community cohesion
Government to crack down on illegal and failing independent schools
Posted: Tue, 12 Feb 2019
The NSS has welcomed government plans to promote integration by legislating against unregistered and failing independent schools. Read More »
NSS says integration efforts should focus on common citizenship
Posted: Tue, 05 Jun 2018
The NSS has said the government should treat citizens as individuals and tackle the segregation faith schools cause to boost integration. Read More »
Government integration strategy places emphasis on faith groups
Posted: Wed, 14 Mar 2018
The NSS has expressed concern over the government's proposed reliance on faith leaders in an integration strategy for England. Read More »
Calls to boost integration after claims Muslim children can grow up without meeting non-Muslims
Posted: Thu, 27 Apr 2017
The National Secular Society has accused the Government of dividing communities with the push to open new faith schools, ahead of a new report on religious and racial segregation in Birmingham. Read More »
NSS welcomes calls for more sophisticated approach to extremism and radicalisation
Posted: Thu, 25 Aug 2016
The NSS has tentatively welcomed parts of a report by the Home Affairs Committee on counter extremism and radicalisation. Aspects of the report have been criticised by free speech and counter-extremism advocates. Read More »
Demos warns of ethnic segregation in minority faith schools
Posted: Tue, 07 Jul 2015
Research by the think tank Demos has warned that British schools are "highly segregated" and that "some faith schools effectively exclude other ethnic groups." Read More »
Religious education contributes to good community relations, claims parliamentary report
Posted: Thu, 20 Mar 2014
A parliamentary group has published a report saying that Religious Education in schools can help counter extremism and build better community relations. Read More »
Pickles wrong to assign a ‘Christian ethos’ to Britain
Posted: Thu, 13 Sep 2012
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has surpassed himself in an opinion piece for the Telegraph headed A Christian ethos strengthens our nation: Religion shaped the modern British state, and this Government is proud to 'do God'.
He asserts that "we are a Christian... Read More »
Government proposes to force private schools to promote “British values” as a means of combating extremism
Posted: Thu, 07 Jun 2012
The Department of Education is consulting on new rules for private schools that seek to ensure they promote 'British values' and discourage extremism. Read More »
Eric Pickles’ favouring of Christianity risks causing rifts in society
Posted: Tue, 21 Feb 2012
The Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles – and the Coalition Government as a whole – risks alienating huge swathes of the population of this country with calls to return Christianity to the centre of public life, says the National Secular Society. Read More »
Minister reinforces role of faith groups in local communities
Posted: Fri, 01 Jul 2011
At a recent meeting of the Cinnamon Network, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, said: "The problem is that, in our recent years, some people have started becoming suspicious about religion." Read More »
