NSS: Guilty verdict would echo "blasphemy law" and establish "extremist's veto". The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to appeal a Crown Court decision to overturn the conviction of a man who burned ...

Judges: "Conveying knowledge in a manner that is not objective, critical, and pluralistic amounts to pursuing the aim of indoctrination" The National Secular Society has welcomed a landmark ruling ...

Over 80% parents surveyed said they would be "uncomfortable" sending children to faith school. The National Secular Society has welcomed the cancellation of a plan to merge a nonreligious school into ...

As religious Influences grow prominent In political discourse, Stephen Evans calls for an assertive approach to secularism as a bulwark against extremism and division. A recent Catholic Herald piece ...

NSS renews calls for disestablishment as less than 2% of English population attend church at least once a month The National Secular Society has renewed calls for separation of Church and state, after ...

Select committee report acknowledges reserved seats for clerics in legislatures are "rare" A bill to remove the bishop's vote in the upper chamber of the Manx legislature has progressed to the next ...

Government continues to allow teaching of religion in RSE, despite admitting incompatibility with LGBT inclusion The Department for Education has removed links to a statement of Catholic doctrine it ...

Ahead of this week's appeal hearing, Stephen Evans says the NSS is supporting Hamit Coskun – not to defend his actions, but to defend the vital principle that free speech must include the right to ...

New report from NSS reveals charities promoting or condoning women's subordination, marital rape and FGM. Charities are promoting violence against women – including marital rape – under the guise of ...

Moussa Kadri given suspended sentence after violently attacking Hamit Coskun with a knife for burning a Quran. A man who attacked a protestor with a knife for burning a Quran has avoided jail. Moussa ...

With Christian nationalism apparently gaining ground in the UK, Stephen Evans argues that secularism is needed to safeguard liberal democracy. Is Britain on the brink of a spiritual comeback? After ...