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The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was announced in the 2024 King’s Speech, will receive its First Reading in Parliament today. Humanists UK has welcomed proposals including a Children Not in School Register and legislation to close loopholes that enable the continued operation of illegal faith schools. The Bill also includes a requirement… Read more »
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sent its final recommendations to the government on the restriction proposals for lead ammunition in England, Scotland and Wales. This is the culmination of a consultation launched in 2022, which has run alongside the voluntary transition away from lead first proposed by nine leading rural organisations, including BASC,… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff A national student body of atheists and secularists has been formed to represent the interests of non-believers across the country. The organisation – the National Federation of Atheist, Humanist and Secular Student Societies (AHS) – was established to counter the “prejudice and discrimination” atheists groups claim to have experienced across the country… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Campaigners pushing for a limit on the Vatican’s political influence will hit the streets of London today, in a march coordinated with protests in Rome. A ‘No Vat’ demonstration will take to the streets of the Italian capital, given impetus by the Vatican’s involvement in an Italian controversy over a father who… Read more »
