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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Global markets showed tentative signs of recovery today, in a further indication that Gordon Brown’s financial package may prove effective. The package has been replicated, in one form or another, across the world – most notably by European and American leaders. But stock market shudders over the last two days forced observers to question whether… Read more »
Northern Rock has been aggressively repossessing the homes of those who cannot afford to pay their mortgages, charities have said. It has been reported the bank is 2.5 times more likely to repossess a home as other banks. In the first six months of the year 3,710 properties were repossessed by Northern Rock -the equivilant… Read more »
