In a new report published today All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG) Co-Chairs Crispin Blunt MP and Baroness (Joan) Bakewell have called for legal recognition to be extended to humanist marriages in England and Wales. The report follows an inquiry of the Group conducted over the last three months, into the barriers to such recognition, […]

New research has revealed that schools that are more ethnically diverse lead to greater social cohesion between children of different ethnicities. The study of 4,000 Year 10 pupils in 96 English state schools was conducted by the University of Bristol and the London School of Economics and focused on children who are white British, Asian […]

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), the public body overseeing workplace policy and conduct, has published new guidance for employers on religion and belief discrimination in the workplace. Humanists UK, who fed into the revision process for this new guidance, has today welcomed this publication, which provides much clearer advice for employers on the […]

The Welsh Government has announced today a major overhaul of sex and relationships education, renaming the subject Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE), making it compulsory in schools from age five, and ensuring it is fully LGBT inclusive. The change comes following a review of the subject published last year and will be implemented by 2022 […]

Humanists UK has written to the Department for Education (DfE) requesting details of what, if any, equality impact assessment the DfE carried out before deciding to allow new fully segregated faith schools to open by the back door. Following more than a year of campaigning by Humanists UK, the Government announced this month that it […]

The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) held a special conference today to allow its membership to vote on a two questions around abortion. The first vote was to reaffirm its position as an anti-abortion party, and this was upheld. However the second vote was to give elected representatives the right, for the first time, […]

A private faith school in London has been graded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted after inspectors found that it teaches ‘a narrow curriculum’, ‘prepares pupils inadequately for their future lives’, and prevents pupils from learning about ‘culture, belief and lifestyles beyond their own community’. The report stated that ‘leaders continue not to ensure that all the independent […]

The States of Guernsey Assembly has today voted against proposals to grant legal recognition to assisted dying. The proposals, which were brought forward by Chief Minister Gavin St Pier and were supported by Channel Islands Humanists and Humanists UK, were defeated by 24 votes to 14. Had the vote passed, the States of Guernsey would […]

In an interview with the Guardian, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said that disestablishment of the Church of England would not be ‘a disaster’ for the Church, and is ‘a decision for parliament and the people’. He also said that ‘I don’t think [disestablishment] would make it easier [for the Church], and I don’t […]

Humanists UK and Humanist Society Scotland have formed a new strategic partnership to govern how the two charities work together and to foster closer ties. The two organisations have long worked together closely to promote humanism and help people be more fulfilled in the one life they have, and the agreement announced today cements that […]