CI News: 27 October 2017

In the news this week: the Scottish police force is accused of unlawful data sharing, humanists attack a Christmas shoebox appeal and the Institute marks 50 years since the tragic Abortion Act.

Featured stories

• ‘Scots police broke law sharing info under Named Person’
  
• Humanists hit out at shoebox appeal
  
• ‘Smacking ban will cause loving parents to suffer’
  
• Media rejoices at 50 years of abortion, but public raise alarm bells