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 Parents will not be spared the requirement to work to continue to receive parents, Iain Duncan Smith has insisted. The work and pensions secretary told BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show that even those with a family to look after would risk losing their benefits if they refused to work. Plans to toughen… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pledged to seek “national reconciliation” a day after being freed by her country’s military junta. Senior figures in the UK government welcomed her release after she was detained for 15 of the last 21 years yesterday and backed her initial calls for discussion rather… Read more »