Heavily criticised proposals to strengthen the unjust influence of the Church of England in Parliament have been today revealed in the form of the House of Lords Reform Bill. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has condemned the Bill, which if implemented without modification would embed special privilege at the heart of our political system.
The High Court has today ruled that Transport for London (TfL) was acting lawfully in banning the Core Issues Trust’s proposed advert because it would “cause grave offence” to those who were gay. The judge ruled Boris Johnson did not abuse his position as chairman of TfL when he imposed the ban. The British Humanist Association welcome the decision.
The Department for Education (DfE) has today released a list of the names, locations and religious designations of all Free Schools proposed to open during waves one to three (i.e. from 2011-13) of the Free Schools programme. The release has come in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by the British Humanist Association (BHA) in June 2011, and a subsequent Information Tribunal case which the BHA won over the DfE last month.