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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 Alex Stevenson A High Pay Commission should be established to prevent senior executives being excessively remunerated, a coalition has demanded. Left-wing pressure group Compass has persuaded 100 prominent politicians, journalists and academics to sign up to its demand that the government set up a body to look at Britain’s biggest pay packets. Liberal Democrat… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Speculation about how long British forces will be in Afghanistan is undermining the government’s ability to protect those troops, the defence secretary has claimed. Bob Ainsworth was responding to suggestions that a disparity existed between his claim that troops could be withdrawn within a year and the incoming head of the Army’s… Read more »
