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Yesterday the Government announced proposals to introduce outdoor civil marriages at approved premises on a permanent basis and to also introduce outdoor religious marriages, but failed to make any similar reforms to legally recognise humanist marriages. Humanists UK has urged the Government to act now to legally recognise humanist marriages without delay. Humanists UK Chief… Read more »
Yesterday, the Government published its long-awaited proposals on reforming the Human Rights Act. If passed into law, these reforms will have a devastating impact on the fundamental rights of humanists. The Government has announced it wants to reform section 3 of the Act to severely curtail the ability of public authorities and the courts to ‘read… Read more »
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The Conservatives have fired the first shots in the campaign for next year’s local elections by promising to protect England’s gardens from being concreted over. Shadow local government secretary Caroline Spelman said England’s homes and gardens would be the “battleground” of next May’s polls. The Tories have today published a five-point plan on how they… Read more »
The Electoral Commission is expected to criticise the Labour and Conservative parties next week over a “significant” number of donations that were reported late. The watchdog will publish details of donations made last year but which were not disclosed, and is expected to call on parties to clean up their act. A spokeswoman said the… Read more »
