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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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Donald Trump has praised the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, as a “tough negotiator” and welcomed the British government’s decision this week to increase defence spending, labelling it a “great thing to do”. Speaking in a press conference following private discussions in the White house, Trump immediately referred to the prime minister as a “very,… Read more »
Keir Starmer hit back against criticism levelled by US vice president JD Vance over free speech in the UK during a White House press conference. In the Oval Office at the start of his Washington visit, Vance was invited by president Donald Trump to expand on his recent criticism of the UK, after which he… Read more »
