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Consultation launched on relationship & sex education guidance
The government has launched a consultation on new statutory guidance and regulations intended to make Relationships... Read More »
NSS welcomes ‘fair and equitable’ draft coroner protocol
The National Secular Society has welcomed a new draft protocol for prioritising deaths reported to a London coroner,... Read More »
NSS urges Irish PM to force pope to pay abuse compensation debt
The National Secular Society has urged the Irish PM to force the Catholic Church to pay a €7 million shortfall... Read More »
High Court dismisses school religious designation review
The High Court has refused to grant a judicial review of a decision to merge a non-religious school into a Christian... Read More »
Investigation launched after weapons seized at independent faith school
The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into Darul Uloom School London after the school's safeguarding... Read More »
Former education secretary renews call for reform of religion in schools
Religious education should be replaced with a new national 'Religion, Belief and Values' subject, a former education... Read More »
Comprehensive sex and relationship education delayed till at least 2020
Following mounting equivocation from DfE officials, and growing rumours, it has been confirmed that compulsory relationships... Read More »
Head of faith school that hired terrorist banned from teaching
The head of an Islamic faith school that hired the London Bridge terrorist attack ringleader has been banned from... Read More »
NSS welcomes Lancashire vote to end supply of unstunned meat to schools
The National Secular Society has welcomed Lancashire County Council's vote to stop supplying unstunned halal meat... Read More »
Lancashire council to vote on non-stun halal
Lancashire County Council will vote tomorrow on whether to stop supplying unstunned halal meat to schools.
In October... Read More »
Religious and secular groups launch EU freedom of belief campaign
An EU campaign developed by religious and non-religious groups promoting freedom of belief has been launched.
The European... Read More »
Church lobbies to make closing rural schools easier
Secular school campaigners have called for the Church of England to "give up some control" where flexibility may save... Read More »
Man arrested over alleged circumcision assaults
Police in Oxfordshire are appealing for information regarding a man arrested on suspicion of physically assaulting... Read More »
NSS to hold October conference on healthcare & secularism
The National Secular Society will hold its first ever conference on the role of secularism within healthcare in October.... Read More »
Study: faith schools’ entry policies are complex and inconsistent
Faith schools' admissions policies are complex and difficult to navigate and the problem hurts parents from poorer... Read More »
Talk to honour NSS’s longest-serving president in Leicester
The National Secular Society will team up with Leicester Secular Society to hold a talk on the longest-serving president... Read More »
NSS backs home education reform
The National Secular Society has backed a registration scheme and improved guidance for parents and local authorities... Read More »
Eleven inadequate independent faith schools facing closure
Seven Christian and four Islamic schools were among 26 private schools served with warning notices in the latest round... Read More »
NSS welcomes plan to restrict LGBT ‘conversion therapy’
The National Secular Society has welcomed a government announcement that it will bring forward proposals to end the... Read More »
NSS backs campaign to save town hall in west London
The National Secular Society has backed a campaign to prevent a town hall in west London from being leased out to... Read More »
Brewery: we took down Saudi flag from pubs to avoid offence
A brewery which instructed thousands of pubs to take down the Saudi Arabian flag from World Cup displays has told... Read More »
US secularist groups condemn travel ban which targets Muslims
A series of secularist and atheist groups have lined up to condemn a US Supreme Court decision upholding a travel... Read More »
NSS renews call for marriage reform after civil partnerships ruling
The National Secular Society has renewed its call for reform of England and Wales's marriage laws after the Supreme... Read More »
Mixed-sex schools shouldn’t segregate children, says DfE
Mixed-sex schools in England should not generally separate pupils by sex or faith, the government has said.
In new... Read More »
Restrictions on religion increasing globally, says Pew report
More than four in ten countries had "high" or "very high" levels of restrictions on religion in 2016, according to... Read More »
