Simon Calvert News Today

A new polling in the United Kingdom confirms that a big majority says parents are not criminals because they spank their children.

A survey of 3,500 adults in England found that a slim majority now back a change in the law to end physical punishment. The poll was commissioned by the NSPCC.

The majority of British adults do not think parents who smack their children should be criminalised for doing so, a large survey has revealed.

The Institute’s Simon Calvert welcomes the public’s recognition that children are already protected from abuse under existing law.

Teachers are being told not to inform parents if their child is transgender in guidance written by a school signed up to a radical LGBT charity’s inclusion scheme.

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The Christian Institute has said that for now, "the law is still on the side of free speech" after worrying new hate crime laws came into force in Scotland earlier this month.

Children will be allowed to change gender in Scottish schools despite a major review into transgender care which is expected to warn of the dangers.

Find out why the new 'extremism' definition in the UK raises concerns about religious freedom for Christians.

People in Scotland with a terminal illness could feel pressurised to kill themselves under a new assisted suicide Bill tabled today.