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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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Rishi Sunak’s speech last week — which confirmed reports that the government was indeed watering down its offering on net zero — was met with its fair share of critics. Shadow net zero secretary Ed Miliband was among the more predictable disparagers as he castigated “more dither and more delay” and Sunak himself as a… Read more »
Rishi Sunak has refused to commit to building HS2 to Manchester but insisted that the government is committed to levelling up transport infrastructure across the country. When asked about reports that HS2 will no longer go to Manchester, Mr Sunak said: “I’m not going to comment on that type of speculation.” The Prime Minister told… Read more »

