Yesterday the Government announced proposals to introduce outdoor civil marriages at approved premises on a permanent basis and to also introduce outdoor religious marriages, but failed to make any similar reforms to legally recognise humanist marriages. Humanists UK has urged the Government to act now to legally recognise humanist marriages without delay. Humanists UK Chief… Read more »
Yesterday, the Government published its long-awaited proposals on reforming the Human Rights Act. If passed into law, these reforms will have a devastating impact on the fundamental rights of humanists. The Government has announced it wants to reform section 3 of the Act to severely curtail the ability of public authorities and the courts to ‘read… Read more »
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Ian Paisley has rejected a nomination by Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams to become the first minister of Northern Ireland. The offer was made during a session at the Stormont assembly this afternoon, but the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader responded with a brief “certainly not”. The 108 members of the Northern Ireland assembly had… Read more »
Cuts to the number of NHS hospital beds should be seen as evidence of a more efficient health service, not one that is struggling to cope, hospital managers insist today. A new report from the NHS Confederation says that although the number of hospital beds has fallen by 31 per cent in the last 20… Read more »