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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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Rhetoric around enforcing tariffs in the name of “protecting” the domestic market is often a false narrative. It is invariably framed around bringing more business to domestic producers and manufacturers, leading to the protection of jobs. However, history has shown us time and time again that tariffs provide a short term, artificial boost in performance;… Read more »
We are now over 365 days post publication of the Hughes report, which poses the question: what has happened as a result? It is disappointing to know that the answer is — not much! In February 2024, our Patient Safety Commissioner Henrietta Hughes published her landmark report which set out options for providing redress for… Read more »
