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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 The Tories have been forced onto the defensive after media reports suggested they had distributed misleading figures on crime. Official figures were sent out to local Tory activists without the Home Office warning that figures for before and after 2002 are not comparable. The methodology of the crime statistics changed significantly during… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A dispute over the civil service compensation scheme (CSCS) will see members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union balloted on industrial action tomorrow. After the PCS’ national executive committee agreed last week civil service bosses had not moved far enough they agreed to begin the ballot process on a two-day… Read more »
