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Education Secretary: Prayer policy ruling should give headteachers ‘confidence’

A High Court ruling that a school’s ban on prayer rituals is lawful should give “best-placed” headteachers “confidence” in making decisions for their pupils, the Education Secretary has said. The Michaela Community School in north London ...

16 Apr 2024 at 17:07

Couples ‘should be able to wed on beaches, in gardens and on cruise ships’

Couples should be able to wed on beaches, in gardens and on cruise ships, according to a body calling for an overhaul of “confusing, out-of-date and restrictive” marriage laws. Existing law on weddings in England and Wales is “stuck in ...

19 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Lack of legal recognition for humanist weddings ‘discriminatory’, peers hear

The lack of legal recognition for humanist weddings in England and Wales is discriminatory for people who do not want to get married in religious settings, peers have been told. Currently, humanist weddings also require the couple to ...

02 Dec 2024 at 16:50

Peers expected to agree extra scrutiny as assisted dying debate returns to Lords

Dozens more members of the House of Lords are set to have their say on the proposed legalisation of assisted dying, with “unprecedented” further scrutiny of the controversial Bill likely to be agreed. The Terminally Ill Adults (End ...

19 Sept 2025 at 00:01

Assisted dying: Terminally ill ‘distressed’ by Theresa May’s suicide remark

Dying people were left distressed after language used by former prime minster Theresa May during debate on controversial draft law to legalise assisted deaths, the House of Lords has heard. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) ...

19 Sept 2025 at 11:27

Bishops risk legitimacy by standing in way of assisted dying – ex-Church leader

Bishops and peers in the House of Lords should not claim to know better than the public by standing in the way of legalising assisted dying, a former archbishop of Canterbury has warned. Lord George Carey, who was the Church of ...

19 Sept 2025 at 14:11

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