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Tomorrow, MPs are expected to finish the Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and cast their final votes at its Third Reading. If MPs vote in favour of the Bill, it will then head to the House of Lords for further scrutiny. Supporters of assisted dying will be gathering on… Read more »
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first legally recognised humanist marriage in Scotland. Over 50,000 humanist weddings have happened since. Humanists UK congratulates Humanist Society Scotland on this momentous occasion and calls for the UK Government to act so that humanists in England and Wales can have the same right to marry in line… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown is seeking to get thousands of young people to sign a pledge against knife crime. The prime minister is backing the launch of an online anti-knife crime which is trying to promote efforts to tackle serious youth violence by getting teenagers to sign the Count Me In pledge on Facebook…. Read more »
By Alex Stevenson An obsession with rape convictions means victims are being overlooked, a review into the way the crime is handled has concluded. Baroness Stern’s independent assessment of the way rape is dealt with in England and Wales found the six per cent conviction rate has been allowed to “dominate the public discourse on… Read more »
