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30 JUL

Should the fixed retirement age be axed?

People reaching the age of 65 will no longer be forced to retire from October 2011, under plans announced on Thursday (29 July) by the government.

Currently, an employer can force an employee to retire at the age of 65 without paying any financial compensation.

What are we to make of the government's proposal?

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29 JUL

Gove Welcomes Atheist Schools
Richard Garner | The Independent

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Oxford University Lecturer 'Discriminated Against' After Converting To Christianity
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St Paul’s Thinking About Cleaning City
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Free to Believe?

This new report, written by Roger Trigg, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, tackles the silent downgrading of religious rights in contemporary Britain. It argues that human beings are naturally religious animals and have a prima facie natural right to freely exercise their religion, which should not simply to be equated with the right to free speech.