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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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Labour conference has voted to condemn the government’s decision to cut the winter fuel payment for more than 9 million pensioners. The conference motion, calling for ministers to “reverse” the removal of the allowance from all but the poorest pensioners, was passed by on Wednesday morning. The vote is non-binding, meaning the government is not… Read more »
The prime minister has faced criticism after it emerged he had received clothing donations including suits and glasses from Lord Alli, a Labour peer.
