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BHA: Localism Act receives Royal Assent

The Localism Act received Royal Assent on 15 November, marking the passage into law a key item on the government’s legislative agenda. The British Humanist Association (BHA) has raised a number of concerns that provisions in the Act would enable religious groups to assume control over public services, and potentially use exemptions in equality law to discriminate in employment and the provision of services.