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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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By politics.co.uk staff Lawyers representing four women held at a holding centre for immigrants are taking their case to the high court today. Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) are expected to apply for a judicial review at the high court to assess their claim that Yarl’s Wood Removal Centre breaches articles three, five and eight of… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Around ten per cent of council jobs in England could be under threat in the next five years. A BBC survey of 49 local authorities found around 25,000 jobs could be cut from the combined workforce of 256,000. Spending cuts of between five per cent and 20% were anticipated by over two-thirds… Read more »
