Keir Starmer
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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Keir Starmer has refused to rule out raising National Insurance for employers in the budget at the end of October. The prime minister was asked repeatedly on Tuesday whether his manifesto commitment ruling out an increase in National Insurance extended to employers or focussed specifically on employees. But Starmer told the BBC that Labour’s manifesto… Read more »
Louise Haigh’s advocacy of a principled progressive argument has, ultimately, found her accused of contravening collective responsibility.
