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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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European justice and home affairs ministers are meeting in Newcastle today for a two-day informal summit on tackling terrorism. Home secretary Charles Clarke will be pressing the government’s case for greater data sharing across the EU, including the standardisation of legislation on keeping mobile phone records and using biometric data on passports and identity cards…. Read more »
A Conservative peer and his wife appeared in court in Spain yesterday to face charges relating to an alleged scrap with police on the border with Gibraltar. Lord Glentoran, Tory shadow minister for Northern Ireland, was “briefly detained” on the Spanish side of the border on Tuesday evening, the British embassy in Madrid confirmed. The… Read more »
