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** Christian CEO wins religious discrimination case ([link removed])
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An Employment Tribunal has ruled that Scotland’s biggest grant-making trust unlawfully discriminated against its CEO because of his Christian views on marriage.
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Presbyterian Church in Ireland denounces UK Govt abortion ultimatum ([link removed])
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Northern Ireland’s largest Protestant denomination has severely criticised Westminster over its abortion regime edict to the NI Executive.
Gender doc charged with catalogue of failings by GMC ([link removed])
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A GP who was suspended for running an unlicensed transgender clinic for children is facing allegations of misconduct at a medical tribunal hearing.
MPs call for statutory register for home-educated children ([link removed])
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A national register of children who do not receive their education in mainstream schools is “absolutely necessary”, a group of MPs has told the Government.
Euthanasia Bill stalls in Irish Parliament ([link removed])
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The Irish Parliament’s Justice Committee has refused to progress a Bill attempting to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide until there is further parliamentary scrutiny.
‘Gambling industry is grooming our children’, parliamentarians say ([link removed])
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More needs to be done to protect children and young people from being drawn into gambling addiction, members of both Houses of Parliament have warned.
NHS guilty of ‘cultural appropriation’ for adopting rainbow, LGBT activists claim ([link removed])
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The widespread use of the rainbow as a ‘thank you’ to NHS workers during the pandemic has upset LGBT activists, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed.
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** Online Safety proposals threaten freedom of speech, peers warn ([link removed])
** Govt plans to deliver all persecution report recommendations by 2022 ([link removed])
FEATURE: On this day: UK Supreme Court rules against Named Person scheme ([link removed])
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On 28 July 2016, in the case of The Christian Institute and others v The Lord Advocate (Scotland) five UK Supreme Court judges unanimously struck down the central provisions of the Scottish Government’s Named Person scheme.
FEATURE: On this day 1834: Slavery abolished across the British Empire ([link removed])
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On 1 August 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act, came into force – outlawing slavery across most of the British Empire.
WATCH: No to Named Persons 5 years on: Episode 4 ([link removed])
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Angus Saul speaks to Alison Preuss, co-ordinator of the Scottish Home Education Forum and one of the earliest opponents of the scheme.
WATCH: No to Named Persons 5 years on: Episode 5 ([link removed])
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Angus Saul speaks to Stuart Waiton, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Abertay in Dundee, and an outspoken opponent of the scheme.
WATCH: No to Named Persons 5 years on: Episode 6 ([link removed])
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The Institute’s Scotland Officer, Nigel Kenny, shares his involvement and close-up insight into the award winning campaign against the ‘State Snooper’ scheme – and the pleasure at winning in both the court of law and the court of public opinion.
WATCH: No to Named Persons 5 years on: Episode 7 ([link removed])
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Experienced social worker Maggie Mellon speaks to the Institute’s Angus Saul about the ‘Snoopers’ Charter’ and why the State makes such a “lousy parent”.
WATCH: No to Named Persons 5 years on: Episode 8 ([link removed])
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Angus Saul speaks to the Institute’s Deputy Director for Public Affairs, Simon Calvert about the No to Named Persons (NO2NP) campaign, and how the Scottish Govt’s refusal to listen to ordinary people saw the unworkable scheme limp on for three years after the Supreme Court ruled against it.
WATCH: No to Named Persons 5 years on: Episode 9 ([link removed])
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In the last in this series looking back at the long road to victory Angus Saul speaks to James and Rhianwen McIntosh, a couple directly affected by the ‘State Snooper’ scheme even before the law came into effect.
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