Current arrangements on non-therapeutic circumcision are "a catastrophic failure of child safeguarding", says NSS Read More » ...

Supreme Court ruling that collective worship in NI unlawful demonstrates need for reform, NSS argues Read More » ...

Despite achieving constitutional separation from the Catholic Church after much bloodshed, the French state is still ...

From legal cases on free expression to safeguarding children's rights, 2025 highlighted both the threats posed by religious ...

The UK is one of the last western democracies with a state religion: the Church of England. The Church's entanglement with the state is bad for both. Join our campaign to disestablish the Church.

Annie Wood was born into a London family of Irish origin on 1 October, 1847. By the standards of the time she had an excellent education and was able to travel widely in Europe. As a young woman she ...

Sam Carling MP asks Keir Starmer to ensure taxpayers are "not funding hate and extremism" through charities Read More » ...

Chapman noted the repeated recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to introduce an independent right ...

Apostasy is punishable with death in nearly a dozen countries, according to a new report from Humanists International. The Freedom of Thought Report 2021 found that "apostasy" is punishable with death ...

The 2021 Census showed the proportion of people of England and Wales identifying as Christians dropped to 46% from 59% just a decade earlier. In effect 6 – 7 million have moved from defining ...

The National Secular Society has welcomed a decision to ban a former faith school proprietor after he published hateful sermons about women and gay people. The Department for Education today announced ...

Hamit Coskun found guilty of religiously-aggravated public order offence for burning Quran in protest The prosecution of a man for burning a Quran in protest signals "a concerning capitulation to ...