Campaign News

Liberal Democrats vote to end religious selection amongst state schools 00:00, 20 Mar New stats reveal: only legalising humanist marriages will give same-sex couples a meaningful choice of type of marriage ceremony 00:00, 17 Mar European Court of Justice issues ruling on employees wearing religious clothing 00:00, 14 Mar Budget 2017: Consultation aimed at white cider announced 00:00, 08 Mar Exposed: churches falsely claim their schools are inclusive of Muslim-background pupils 00:00, 03 Mar Richy Thompson appointed new BHA Director of Public Affairs and Policy 00:00, 01 Mar BHA welcomes Government move towards relationships and sex education in all English schools; expresses concerns about opt-outs for ‘faith’ schools 00:00, 01 Mar Schools across UK to receive free copies of ‘What is Humanism?’ from British Humanist Association 00:00, 21 Feb “Little convincing evidence” of economic benefits from alcohol sales 00:00, 21 Feb Increase in drink driving casualties, while still no progress reducing deaths 00:00, 02 Feb Major new report: school inspections ‘almost totally neglect’ PSHE and SRE 00:00, 27 Jan Trojan Horse’ whistleblowers were assured by DfE their identity would be kept secret, BHA can reveal 00:00, 09 Jan

Government in plans to make SRE compulsory in all schools and to scrap parental opt out? 00:00, 19 Dec No War on Christmas: new poll shows 91% of Brits celebrate Christmas (but just 22% celebrate the birth of Christ) 00:00, 16 Dec Humanists publish response to faith school admissions consultation 00:00, 12 Dec Department for Education ordered to amend ‘misleading’ faith school figures by UK Statistics Authority following BHA complaint 00:00, 09 Dec Road safety groups condemn Transport Secretary for endorsing drink driving 00:00, 09 Dec Calls grow to legalise humanist ceremonies 00:00, 08 Dec New video: Stephen Fry promotes humanist ceremonies, now more popular than ever 00:00, 08 Dec