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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 Peter Wozniak A planned 48-hour strike by members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has gone ahead today, disrupting many BBC News programmes. BBC Breakfast survived the walk-out by NUJ members, but the Today programme did not escape cancellation. The union said it had been “left with no choice” but to go ahead… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff David Davis has called for the Commons to be given the final say over whether prisoners should have the right to vote. The former shadow home secretary told BBC1’s Question Time programme he was unhappy with the European court of human rights’ (EHR) ruling earlier this week that prisoners should not be… Read more »