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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 Oxford Chancellorship has long been the sort of ceremonial title bestowed on the great and the good. Great statesmen and prime ministers from Lord Salisbury and Harold Macmillan to the Earl Halifax and the Duke of Wellington. The superstars of their days that lend their own gravitas to the University after distinguished careers. Against… Read more »
A global pandemic, ongoing international conflict, faltering economies and a worsening climate crisis have left the world craving stability at this moment. The health of society sits at the centre of this complex web of challenges: a sick nation’s economy will stagnate, its sovereignty will be more exposed, its health system less resilient and its… Read more »
