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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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Crime, bendy buses and the congestion charge were among the issues riling the leading London mayoral candidates in last night’s TV debate. BBC2’s Newsnight programme hosted the three-way debate between the incumbent Labour mayor Ken Livingstone, Conservative candidate Boris Johnson and Liberal Democrats’ Brian Paddick. Mr Livingstone faced pressure from both his main challengers on… Read more »
London mayoral campaign teams are trying different tactics at reaching voters with just over three weeks to go until polling day. Ken Livingstone’s party political broadcast, shown on BBC1 last night, saw the incumbent candidate wandering around the capital, travelling on the London Underground and visiting the Crossrail plan. Boris Johnson, currently leading in the… Read more »
