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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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By Ian Dunt The political ramification of the ash cloud hovering over Europe started to reach a crescendo this morning, as industry and passengers looked for someone to blame and the prime minister’s emergency plans came under the spotlight. The Met Office and Nats, the air traffic control centre, were publicly criticised by eleven major… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne today guaranteed there would be no reduction in police numbers after the election in the second would-be cabinet ministers TV debate. Answering a direct question from presenter Andrew Neill, Mr Huhne was the only representative to make the guarantee, home secretary Alan Johnson and shadow… Read more »
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