The Government's new social cohesion strategy contains welcome language on free speech and liberal values – but reveals a continuing tendency to pander to faith-based pressure. Read More » ...
The National Secular Society has welcomed confirmation from the Welsh Government that it will update its guidance on collective worship in schools. The law in England and Wales requires children at ...
Inquiry to examine how religion and culture played a role in local and national responses to grooming gangs Read More » ...
Safeguarding minister says idea that organisations which promote hatred of women can be charities is "an alien one" Read More ...
A pledge from the Conservative Party to end the use of 'protected characteristics' in admissions should mean schools can no ...
Circumcision of boys may constitute "child cruelty" and prosecutors instructed to consult child abuse guidance Read More » ...
NSS welcomes decision to reject CPS appeal to reinstate Hamit Coskun's conviction for burning a Quran in protest Read More » ...
Stephen Evans hails the High Court's dismissal of the CPS appeal as a victory for free expression – but he says it raises serious questions about how such a flawed case was ever authorised. Read More ...
Bishop of Lincoln, who sits ex officio in the Lords, is alleged to have sexually assaulted man between 2018 and 2025 Read More » ...
The 2021 Census showed the proportion of people of England and Wales identifying as Christians dropped to 46% from 59% just a decade earlier. In effect 6 – 7 million have moved from defining ...