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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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Parliament will ultimately decide whether or not prisoners are allowed to vote or not, justice secretary Chris Grayling has reassured MPs.
Prison numbers stabilised at the 86,300 mark over the past year as a result of Ken Clarke’s liberal reforms, according to the Office for National Statistics.
