Fifteen years of the Equality Act and a lot still to do
Today I’m joining fellow chief executives from across the equality and human rights sector in Westminster to mark the fifteenth…
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Shakespeare’s Mirror
Celebrating Shakespeare Day is not just celebrating the dramatist of genius who was born and died on 23 April. We…
Freedom, fairness, and unity in diversity: A humanist view on community cohesion
Today, I’m giving oral evidence to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee as part of their crucial…
Attending the Holocaust Memorial Day national ceremony
Today, I attended two official Holocaust Memorial Day ceremonies, in the Foreign Office and at the very moving #HMD2025 national…
Celebrating Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day offers the opportunity to reflect on what an enormous human achievement ‘human rights’ are and on the…
What I Believe interview with Camden New Journal
It was a pleasure to do a long interview with Camden New Journal, covering the launch of my new book…
Success for assisted dying bill
I’m so happy with Friday’s result which saw MPs vote in favour of assisted dying. It’s a historic first step…
The UK needs stronger free speech protections, not a new blasphemy law
A question from an MP asking the Prime Minister if he would support the reintroduction of a form of blasphemy…