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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 Liz Stephens and Ian Dunt A fight by the Tories to prevent the extradition of computer hacker Gary McKinnon to the US was defeated today. The Conservatives devoted today’s opposition day debate to the matter of Mr McKinnon, a UFO enthusiast suffering from Aspergers Syndrome who is due to be extradited to the US… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The prime minister must start to “tell it straight” about public spending or face losing business confidence, Ken Clarke will say in a speech tonight. The shadow business secretary will denounce Gordon Brown for failing to undertake a spending review and thereby “trying to hide the scale of the crisis”. Spending reviews… Read more »
