Tags: Disestablishment
NSS calls for end of Anglican judges’ services
The National Secular Society has written to the Justice Secretary to ask him to scrap annual Anglican services that... Read More »
Just 6% of British adults are practising Christians, survey finds
Only 6% of adults in Britain are practising Christians and very few of them decided to become Christians during adulthood,... Read More »
More than half of Brits now non-religious, study finds
The National Secular Society has called for "a serious debate about religion's place in our society" after a study... Read More »
NSS criticises Archbishops over clerical hostility to LGBT+ rights
The National Secular Society's Executive Director, Keith Porteous Wood, has criticised Church of England leaders for... Read More »
Church of England 'colluded' with sex abuse bishop and failed victims, says report
The head of the Church of England, Justin Welby, has admitted that the Church "concealed" evidence of child abuse... Read More »
NSS calls for moratorium on Government funding of cathedrals
Following concerns raised by the National Secular Society, the UK spending watchdog has concluded that "improvements"... Read More »
Abolish Bishops’ Bench to reduce the size of the House of Lords
The National Secular Society has recommended the removal of the Bishops' Bench to a parliamentary inquiry into how... Read More »
Secular schools ‘more appropriate than faith schools’ in diverse Britain
The Times has reported that pupils from Muslim backgrounds outnumber those from Christian families in more than 30... Read More »
Government must not prop up the Church of England, says NSS
The National Secular Society has urged the Government to allow the Church of England to find its own level of sustainability,... Read More »
Britain’s changing belief landscape requires a rethink of religion’s public role
The time has come to separate church and state in order to ensure equality and fairness for believers and non-believers... Read More »
NSS calls for UK's public spending watchdog to investigate state handouts to churches
The National Audit Office has been asked to scrutinise the significant sums of public money that the Government has... Read More »
Church academy chain to close only secular school
A Church of England multi-academy trust is set to close the only non-faith school under its control.
The Diocese of... Read More »
CofE faith school to insist parents attend church for two years
A Church of England faith school in Heysham is considering changing its admissions policy to require parents to attend... Read More »
Church of England to consider cutting requirement for regular services
The Church of England is considering steps to abandon its current national obligations by lifting the requirement... Read More »
Government is irresponsible to lavish more funds on Cathedrals when the Church can afford to pay
The National Secular Society has criticised the latest wave of taxpayer funding for cathedrals, after the Department... Read More »
Cruelty was normalised at Church of England children’s home, says report
An independent review into Kendall house, a children's home run by the Church of England, has reported "harrowing"... Read More »
NSS criticise Church plan to open 125 new free schools
The Church of England is planning to bid for control of more than one quarter of the new free schools announced by... Read More »
Church ‘using academisation to increase religious influence in schools’
The National Secular Society has written to the Department for Education over concerns that the Church of England... Read More »
Church review into abusive Bishop refuses to explicitly consider bullying of victims in its Terms of Reference
A victim of clerical abuse has refused to give evidence to a Church review of the Bishop Peter Ball case, after it... Read More »
Danes leaving state religion in droves to avoid church tax
The Danish Atheist Society has launched a bus advert campaign and website to show Danish citizens how to withdraw... Read More »
NSS urges schools commissioner to reject church plan to control community schools
The National Secular Society has called on the Regional Schools Commissioner for the North of England to oppose plans... Read More »
NSS urges Government to fix the date for Easter now, not wait indefinitely for religious consensus
The National Secular Society has urged the Government to fix the date for the Easter public holiday without waiting... Read More »
Church cut contact with child abuse victim on order of insurers
A report by Ian Elliott, an expert in child safeguarding, has found "repeated failures" by clergy and bishops in the... Read More »
Four Newcastle schools facing Church of England takeover
Four non-religious schools are to be merged with a CofE primary under a single academy trust controlled by the Church... Read More »
NSS raises alarm over major flaws in Church’s sex abuse inquiry
The National Secular Society has warned that the Church's inquiry into their handling of the Bishop Peter Ball sex... Read More »
