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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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As a new MP, people in my constituency often ask me ‘What’s it like?’ My usual answer: ‘Bonkers!’ I don’t just mean that the workload is huge and the learning curve vertical. I also mean the way parliament itself works: archaic, full of unwritten rules and eye-wateringly inefficient. Of course, I’m still learning the ropes…. Read more »
Half of women in the UK believe their health is treated as second-class by the NHS. But this isn’t just costing them; it’s costing our economy. New polling commissioned by the Create Health Foundation shows that millions of women are being failed by our health service, leading to missed work and billions in losses for… Read more »
