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Government to keep 50% faith cap on free school admissions

Humanists are celebrating a partial victory after the Department for Education announced it will keep restrictions on faith-based admissions criteria in new state-funded free schools in England – the so-called ‘50% cap’. However, Humanists UK, which led the campaign against these proposals, has said it is certain that new schools with 100% selective admissions policies will nevertheless… Read more »

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Assisted dying is not just an issue of autonomy

Today the Assisted Dying Bill comes before the House of Lords for its Second Reading. It seeks to repeal the long-established crime of assisted suicide in certain medical and personal circumstances where the patient requests this, there is agreement of two doctors, and confirmation by the High Court through its Family Division. This is a… Read more »

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Lords to debate private member’s bill on assisted dying
Lords to debate private member’s Bill on assisted dying

This morning the House of Lords will begin its second reading of Lady Meacher’s private member’s bill on assisted dying. The bill, first introduced to the Lords in May, aims to enable adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with specified assistance to end their own life. The issue of assisted… Read more »