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More and more couples having humanist weddings in England and Wales are expressing their frustration at the growing waiting times before they can also have a civil marriage and so be married in the eyes of the law. The backlogs in many parts of the country are a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the… Read more »
The share of adults in Northern Ireland with no religion is surging, according to the latest data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. The results of the 2020 survey have just been published. 27% of respondents said they had no religion – an increase of 7% on 2019. This latest surge means that the overall… Read more »
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The government is “partly to blame” for the public’s loss of faith in politics, international development secretary Hilary Benn has said. Speaking to the New Statesman, the candidate for Labour’s deputy leadership said: “The thing that worries me more than anything else is losing faith in the capacity of politics to change things. I don’t… Read more »
Tony Blair was in Scotland yesterday campaigning against the SNP ahead of the Scottish parliament elections in May. It was the prime minister’s first visit to the country in the run-up to the Holyrood elections, and he will be hoping his visit helps overturn the SNP’s lead in the polls. Mr Blair met Labour campaigners… Read more »