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Victory for Scottish church leaders as judge rules government acted unconstitutionally when criminalising gathered worship

24 March 2021

In an historic judgment, today a judge has ruled that the Scottish Ministers' decision to ban and criminalise gathered church worship during the current lockdown was unconstitutional and a disproportionate interference of Article 9 ECHR rights.

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Poll finds 86% of GPs concerned about coercion and abortions past legal limit via government’s pills-by-post service

15 March 2021

A new opinion poll of 1,000 UK GPs has revealed deep unease within the profession over the government’s medical at-home abortion protocol.

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Scottish Ministers ‘crossed line’ by criminalising public worship court told

11 March 2021

A judge has heard on the first day of a full judicial review hearing that Scottish Ministers ‘crossed a line’ when they made the decision to criminalise public worship and give police maximum powers to enforce it.

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Scottish Ministers set to face judicial review over banning of gathered church worship during lockdown

10 March 2021

This Thursday, the Scottish government will be in court to face a full judicial review hearing over its policy of banning and criminalising gathered church worship during the current lockdown.

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Court upholds public servant’s double sacking for speaking to the media about Christian views on family

26 February 2021

The Court of Appeal has today ruled that it was lawful for a Christian non-executive NHS director and magistrate to be sacked for expressing in the media that children do best when raised by a mother and a father.

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