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 ...

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 ...

Independent Jewish school which asks families if they 'purify' utensils acquired from non-Jews converts to state-funded school The National Secular Society has expressed alarm that a London faith ...

What certainly isn't working, if the interests of society's poorest children are the metric, are legal exemptions allowing faith schools to discriminate on the basis of religion in their admissions.

Child attending church once a month despite anxiety disorder denied place at Church school, parent says A father has criticised religiously selective school admissions after his son was rejected from ...

National Secular Society calls plan to hand new school buildings to Catholic diocese "ill-reasoned" and "poor value for money" The National Secular Society has warned a council in Wales against ...

More than half the population thinks Islam is incompatible with British values. Megan Manson says there is much evidence to support this view – but Muslims who promote more liberal interpretations of ...

Letter signed by 10 groups says definition "risks fuelling division rather than fostering social cohesion" The National Secular Society has signed an joint letter urging the Government to abandon ...

Christians make up a minority of the UK population, newly published data reveals. Statistics from the Office for National Statistics based on the most recent censuses show 46.6% of the UK described ...

MPs vote to legalise choice of assisted dying; bill will now proceed to House of Lords A bill to legalise the choice of assisted dying has cleared the House of Commons in a landmark vote today. MPs ...

Members of Parliament from across political parties have expressed support for mandatory labelling for meat from animals slaughtered without stunning. During a Westminster Hall debate yesterday, MPs ...