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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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By politics.co.uk staff China’s premier Wen Jiabao is continuing his trip to the UK despite having a shoe thrown at him duing a speech at Cambridge University. The shoe, which was thrown in a symbolic gesture reminiscent of a similar act against former American president George Bush during a recent trip to Iraq, missed Mr… Read more »
The prime minister has condemned wildcat strikes to prevent the use of foreign labour as “indefensible”. Gordon Brown, speaking to the BBC’s Politics Show from Davos, said he understood people were worried about jobs being taken by overseas workers but said the UK is part of a single European market. As for those thinking of… Read more »
