Thank you so much for your continued support over the years. We are pleased to announce Labour Humanists membership is growing steadily, and we have over 3,000 followers on Twitter. As we continue to expand our support base in influence within the party, we’re happy to launch the first of our new monthly newsletters covering …
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Earlier this year, Joan Smith became Chair of Labour Humanists. We interviewed her about her work, what Humanism means to her and how it relates to the Labour Party. Tell us a little about your work, background and personal life I was incredibly lucky to be born into a non-religious family. My father was an …
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The Labour Leadership election: Owen Smith’s answers to our questionnaire
August 24th, 2016 | Posted by in News - (1 Comments)So far, the Labour leadership contest has seen little-to-no discussion of Humanist and Secularist issues. To attempt to rectify this situation, we sent both Owen and Jeremy a questionnaire. As of yet we have not got a response from Jeremy. Here is Owen Smith’s response in full: Many thanks for your email on behalf …
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We are proud to announce that Joan Smith is the new Chair of Labour Humanists! Following on from the excellent work of Naomi Phillips, Joan will be taking our group forward, working for humanist causes and to get us recognised as an affiliate of the Labour Party. Joan is perhaps best known for her book Misogynies and …
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Our reaction to Stephen Crabb becoming Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
March 24th, 2016 | Posted by in News - (0 Comments)Like so many others, we were delighted to see the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith last Friday. The reforms carried out by the Department of Work and Pensions under IDS’ leadership have caused great suffering to the disabled, unemployed and low-paid, and are a sorry chapter in the history of the current Conservative administration. However, …
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Change of Chair and opportunity to volunteer for Labour Humanists
January 13th, 2016 | Posted by in News - (0 Comments)After four years, Naomi Phillips is standing down as Chair of Labour Humanists. We are very pleased to let you know that Vice Chair Tom Copley AM will be stepping in as Chair in the interim, until we find a new leader. Over that past four years we’ve seen our group grow hugely – we’ve …
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City Hall Drinks Reception
January 11th, 2016 | Posted by in Events | News | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)We are delighted to be organising an event in the evening of 9 February at City Hall in London, with Young Humanists and other political humanist groups. This will be the first event of its kind, and aims to be an informal way for our political groups and younger humanists to get together and chat …
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We write to Jeremy Corbyn on free speech
January 4th, 2016 | Posted by in Blog | News - (0 Comments) Labour Humanists’s Chair and Vice Chair have written to Jeremy Corbyn to raise the issue of freedom of speech. It is Labour Humanists’ position that freedom of thought and belief – including religious and non-religious beliefs – are human rights and the cornerstone of any free and democratic society and should be robustly defended. We’ve asked …
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New report calls for an end to compulsory worship in schools
December 7th, 2015 | Posted by in Blog | News - (0 Comments)An important report has been published which recommends that the laws requiring compulsory worship in all state schools should be appealed. The report from the independent Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life also recommends that UK Governments should introduce a statutory entitlement for all schools within the state system for a subject dealing …
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Government made an ‘error in law’ over exclusion of humanism from GCSE
November 30th, 2015 | Posted by in News - (0 Comments)Fantastic news from the British Humanist Association (BHA) – a High Court judge has ruled that the Government made an ‘error in law’ when it left out non-religious worldviews such as humanism from the content of GCSE Religious Studies (in the curriculum in England). The BHA supported three non-religious families who wanted to challenge the …
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