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Harriet Harman tables amendment to abolish bishops’ bench
Labour peer Harriet Harman has tabled an amendment to the Hereditary Peers Bill which would remove the 26 seats automatically ...
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NSS: Scotland should repeal religious observance laws
Mandatory religious observance in schools is incompatible with UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, NSS tells Scottish ...
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Judge and parents call for boys to be protected from circumcision
Calls come as ex-doctor sentenced to 5 years in prison for child cruelty and actual bodily harm related to ritual ...
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NSS urges Parliament to prevent increase in selective faith schools
NSS says committee must ensure schools bill does not become "a vehicle for greater religious discrimination and segregation" ...
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DfE: “highly unlikely” selective faith schools can meet local needs
Statement on BBC Sunday suggests local authorities reluctant to open schools which select all children based on religion.
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Many parents fake religiosity to get school places, survey finds
NSS says figures show Government must clamp down on discriminatory faith schools. The National Secular Society has called for action on faith schools after new research suggested significant numbers ...
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New move to abolish the bishops’ bench in House of Lords
A fresh bid has been made to remove automatic seats for bishops in the House of Lords through the hereditary peers bill.