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Tomorrow, MPs are expected to finish the Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and cast their final votes at its Third Reading. If MPs vote in favour of the Bill, it will then head to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. Supporters of assisted dying will be gathering on… Read more »
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first legally recognised humanist marriage in Scotland. Over 50,000 humanist weddings have happened since. Humanists UK congratulates Humanist Society Scotland on this momentous occasion and calls for the UK Government to act so that humanists in England and Wales can have the same right to marry in line… Read more »
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The rising sickness and disability benefits bill is “devastating” for the public finances and has “wreaked a terrible human cost”, the prime minister has said. Keir Starmer penned an op-ed for The Times on Wednesday, after his government announced a £5 billion cut to welfare. The government announced a raft of welfare measures Tuesday, which… Read more »
Keir Starmer has announced the government will abolish NHS England, the quango that manages the health service. In a major speech in Hull, he said: “In government there was a clear moment when the Tories crossed the Rubicon, it was early, and it was decisive and it sent a signal across Whitehall that was never… Read more »

