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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George Galloway has denied “fawning on” former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein when he met him in the mid 1990s, as his libel trial with the Daily Telegraph continued. Mr Galloway is suing The Telegraph over allegations that he received £375,000 in oil money from the dictator’s regime. The claim was made by the newspaper’s foreign… Read more »
Britain’s minimum wage should be frozen at £4.85 an hour until 2006 according to business leaders. The CBI will tell the Low Pay Commission (LPC) – an independent advisory body on the minimum wage – that hard-pressed businesses need a “pause year” to draw breath from last month’s above inflation rise. Last month, the minimum… Read more »