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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Former Conservative co-chairmen Dr Liam Fox and Lord Saatchi have left the Conservative Party board as part of changes arising from the Shadow Cabinet reshuffle. They are replaced by new Party Chairman Francis Maude, the party announced today. It also revealed that Lord Hesketh has retired from the board to be replaced as Party Treasurer… Read more »
Asylum applications have fallen to their lowest level for eight years, according to statistics published today. The Home Office revealed a 17 per cent drop in asylum applications over the first three months of 2005, compared to the last three months of 2004. Applications between January and March 2005 were 22 per cent lower than… Read more »
