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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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The Home Office faces more foreign prisoner allegations today as claims emerged that offenders were released from secure hospitals without its knowledge. Up to 500 foreign prisoners with mental health problems were not considered for deportation before being released, The Sun has claimed. Freed inmates from three hospitals in Berkshire, Nottinghamshire and Merseyside are at… Read more »
Foreign prisoners held at an open prison are being moved to a more secure place after a number of them walked off, it has emerged. The Prison Service said the inmates had been moved from Ford prison in Sussex after an internal review revealed a “high abscond level at Ford among this group of prisoners”…. Read more »