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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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Tory leadership hopeful David Davis was given a further boost today when he received the backing of another senior Conservative MP. Conservative deputy party chairman Andrew Mackay described the shadow home secretary as the “ideal candidate” to become the next prime minister. Mr Mackay said he was particularly impressed by his long-time friend’s response to… Read more »
The body responsible for maintaining standards in public life has itself been discredited and should be scrapped, the Liberal Democrats said today. Local government spokeswoman Sarah Teather accepted that there must be high standards among councillors but the current system is untenable. The Standards Board for England was set up in March 2001 with the… Read more »
