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"It is vital not to forget the freedom of the non-religious to also openly hold and live out their beliefs"

BHA responds to Prime Minister’s Easter message

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"We're sad to see more hypersensitive victim-pleading of this sort"

BHA comment on Tesco Good Friday ad row

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"We are happy that Noel’s bravery and determination has paid off and now he will finally have his day in court"

BHA statement on Noel Conway assisted dying permission decision

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"We’re very pleased by the decision to revise the standards, which is exactly what we called for in our response to the General Pharmaceutical Council’s consultation"

BHA welcomes pharmacists agreeing to put needs of service users first

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"Omid’s case speaks so powerfully to the way in which the law, as it stands, denies individuals the dignity and autonomy to choose to end their life and avoid needless pain and suffering"

BHA announces support for Omid’s challenge for an assisted death

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"Easter is a fun time of year for people of all ages and beliefs. It’s disappointing that the Church saw fit to whip up a storm in an eggcup over this"

A storm in an eggcup: No, the National Trust has not removed Easter from its egg hunt

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"The collective impact of faith schools, particularly the predominant Catholic and Church of England schools which are by far the most numerous, needs to be examined."

New report finds faith schools ‘more ethnically segregated’, ‘more likely to cater to more advantaged students’

Faith’ schools in England are ‘more ethnically segregated than schools of no faith’

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"The party was presented with three different options on the policy on faith-based admissions"

Liberal Democrats vote to end religious selection amongst state schools

The Liberal Democrats have passed new party policy to support an end to religious selection in state-funded schools in England

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"More generally the new England and Wales statistics showed that religious marriages continued to decline as a proportion of legal marriages"

New stats reveal: only legalising humanist marriages will give same-sex couples a meaningful choice of type of marriage ceremony

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"The question courts must ask themselves in cases such as this one is whether the manifestation of one person’s religious identity will interfere with the rights of others."

European Court of Justice issues ruling on employees wearing religious clothing

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"The research reveals that only a quarter of Church of England and Catholic schools situated in areas where most young people identify as ‘Muslim’ actually take most of their pupils from Muslim backgrounds."

Exposed: churches falsely claim their schools are inclusive of Muslim-background pupils

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"After five years as its Director of Public Affairs and Policy, Pavan Dhaliwal is leaving the British Humanist Association (BHA). She is succeeded today by Richy Thompson"

Richy Thompson appointed new BHA Director of Public Affairs and Policy

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"It is vital that any new requirements are extended to religious schools."

BHA welcomes Government move towards relationships and sex education in all English schools; expresses concerns about opt-outs for ‘faith’ schools

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"The book is available to request for free through the BHA’s education website"

Schools across UK to receive free copies of ‘What is Humanism?’ from British Humanist Association

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"Mentions of sexual health, safe sex, and related topics were almost entirely absent from inspectors’ reports"

Major new report: school inspections ‘almost totally neglect’ PSHE and SRE

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"We hope the Department for Education sticks to its word and intervenes to ensure that whistleblowers cannot be identified"

Trojan Horse’ whistleblowers were assured by DfE their identity would be kept secret, BHA can reveal

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"If the Government is serious about them, these proposals could represent a significant step forward in the effort to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our children"

Government in plans to make SRE compulsory in all schools and to scrap parental opt out?

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"The research showed that 91% of the British population celebrate Christmas in some shape or form"

No War on Christmas: new poll shows 91% of Brits celebrate Christmas (but just 22% celebrate the birth of Christ)

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"In the time the consultation has been running, the proposal has been met with intense opposition"

Humanists publish response to faith school admissions consultation

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