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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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Labour’s conference will debate a motion on raising the minimum wage to £15 this afternoon, just hours after the shadow secretary of state for employment rights resigned after claiming he was ordered to argue against the proposal. The Unite union will hold a vote on a motion calling for a £15 minimum wage and a… Read more »
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that Labour is ‘party of long term economic stability’ and that it would ‘tax fairly and spend wisely’ in her keynote speech at the party conference today in Brighton. She also summarised plans to scrap business rates, end charitable status for private schools, and annually invest billions toward a… Read more »
