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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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Lord Mandelson has been rebuked after saying Ukraine should be the first side to “commit to a ceasefire” in its war with Russia, as he called on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to back Donald Trump’s minerals deal. The UK ambassador to the US said Zelenskyy needs to “get back on the same page” with Trump after he… Read more »
Anneliese Dodds, the development minister, has resigned over the government’s cuts to the aid budget to fund a defence spending increase. Read her letter of resignation below: Dear Prime Minister, It is with sadness that I write to inform you that I will cease attending your Cabinet, and am tendering to you my resignation as… Read more »
