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MPs have voted 379 to 137 to back an amendment to take abortion out of English and Welsh criminal law for women in relation to their own pregnancies. Humanists UK has long been alarmed about the growing number of women facing police investigations for this. Today it has expressed delight at MPs standing up for… Read more »
Humanists UK’s Chief Executive Andrew Copson has been awarded an OBE for ‘services to the non-religious’ in the UK national honours announced today. This is the first time an award has been made for services to the non-religious, who now represent a majority of the UK’s population. Andrew Copson has worked for Humanists UK since… Read more »
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The furore around many of the measures announced in Labour’s first budget in 14 years must be a welcome relief to Keir Starmer and his cabinet colleagues in one key respect – the national conversation has now at last moved on from sunglasses and Taylor Swift. But Labour’s early communication missteps may soon grow into… Read more »
At the recent Investment Summit, the prime minister set out a challenge to regulators: prioritise mandates that will stimulate economic growth and make Britain the most attractive place to do business. He pledged to make regulation ‘fit for the modern age’, with a promise to scrap regulations which hold back the economy. This pledge will… Read more »
