Constitutional Reform
The Northern Ireland Department of Health has proposed introducing an opt-out system for organ donation, where a person is presumed to have consented to donate their organs after death unless they have specifically opted out. Northern Ireland Humanists has welcomed the move, and has called on the public to support the plans. Moving to an… Read more »
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to many countries cracking down on humanists’ freedom of thought and expression, with some countries blaming the non-religious for the pandemic, while the restrictions imposed by many others have left closeted humanists trapped with their hostile families. Those are the findings of this year’s Freedom of Thought Report, published today… Read more »
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By Laura Miller MPs and peers have won their battle to keep their expense claims for the last three years secret. The retrospective exemption, expected to be confirmed next week, will give parliament the power to void all pending freedom of information requests regarding members’ reimbursement claims, as well as blocking any future ones. The… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff There has been a steep rise in the amount spent on Public relations by quangos across the UK. A freedom of information request has revealed sharp rises in communications spending across a sample of 32 public agencies, with almost two-third of them increasing the budget by 24 per cent over the last… Read more »
