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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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By politics.co.uk staff Geoff Hoon may be Peter Mandelson’s permanent replacement as Britain’s next European Union commissioner, it has been claimed. The Observer cites senior government figures as saying that the MP from Ashfield is being lined up for the prestigious position. A Cabinet reshuffle in October saw Mr Hoon take up the portfolio of… Read more »
The Conservatives are attempting to pre-empt any Labour argument for the Euro with an attack on the European Central Bank in parliament. Reports of increased sympathy for Euro-membership among senior government figures have become more frequent as the economic crisis continues, but Labour figures deny having changed their opinion on the matter. Speaking in a… Read more »
