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The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
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The Liberal Democrat leader has said that his party is now the party of choice for ethnic minority voters. Charles Kennedy predicted a “seismic shift” away from Labour to the Liberal Democrats by ethnic minority voters disillusioned by the handling of the war in Iraq. Speaking at a pre election press conference on Thursday Mr… Read more »
The Labour MP for Leicester South, Jim Marshall, has died aged 63. The Labour Party has reported that Mr Marshall suffered a heart attack in his constituency office this afternoon Jim Marshall worked as a former research scientist and lecturer at what was once Leicester Polytechnic. A former leader of Leicester City Council, he was… Read more »
