Constitutional Reform
Yesterday the Government announced proposals to introduce outdoor civil marriages at approved premises on a permanent basis and to also introduce outdoor religious marriages, but failed to make any similar reforms to legally recognise humanist marriages. Humanists UK has urged the Government to act now to legally recognise humanist marriages without delay. Humanists UK Chief… Read more »
Yesterday, the Government published its long-awaited proposals on reforming the Human Rights Act. If passed into law, these reforms will have a devastating impact on the fundamental rights of humanists. The Government has announced it wants to reform section 3 of the Act to severely curtail the ability of public authorities and the courts to ‘read… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Austin Mitchell is to stand for the critical post of chair of the Commons’ influential public accounts committee, he has told politics.co.uk. The Great Grimsby MP, whose antics on Channel 4’s Tower Block of Commons programme entertained the nation before the general election, said he thought the public spending watchdog could be… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson David Cameron experienced few perils in his first prime minister’s questions, after five years on the other side of the Commons chamber. The new PM’s first half-hour session was dominated by questions about Afghanistan, the economy and developments in Israel and Cumbria. New leader of the opposition Harriet Harman, after asking a… Read more »
