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Westminster Magistrates Court hears Quran-burning trial

The trial of a man who burned a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in protest of the President of Turkey has just concluded. The man stood trial for racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress at Westminster Magistrates Court. The outcome is pending. Humanists UK has expressed concern that this might amount to… Read more »

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Ian Dunt to chair ‘New Humanist’ Editorial Board

Acclaimed political journalist and author Ian Dunt has been appointed as the Chair of the newly established Editorial Board for New Humanist magazine, following its merger with Humanists UK earlier this year. New Humanist, now in its 140th year of publication, became part of Humanists UK on 1 January this year in a merger that… Read more »

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The LIFT scheme could be removing funds from other primary care needs
PFI project ‘lifting finance’ from primary care

A new scheme to buy and build primary care premises might be taking funds from other primary care needs, an influential committee of MPs has said. The public accounts committee has expressed concerns over the Local Improvement Finance Trusts (Lift) initiative, which was designed to provide £1 billion worth of investment, from both the private… Read more »

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Spending watchdog says staff must be more involved in the NHS IT programme
NHS staff ‘must be involved’ in IT upgrade

The government has made “significant progress” in its £20 billion IT programme for the NHS, but its benefits must be better explained to staff, the public spending watchdog has warned. In a new report, the National Audit Office (NAO) says that while the aims of the national programme for IT are supported by NHS workers,… Read more »