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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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Accentuating the positive is going to be harder than usual this week. That doesn’t mean the coalition government won’t try. By Alex Stevenson Let’s not forget quite how hard this process is going to be. Labour’s plans to cut spending were going to be worse than those seen under Margaret Thatcher. The coalition’s plans are… Read more »
Another week, another unfortunate series of events for the Liberal Democrats, whose relationship with the Conservatives looks more and more like that of a battered housewife. Vince Cable ruled out a graduate tax on Sunday, and by Tuesday it was clear that Lord Browne wanted to scrap the cap on tuition fees altogether. They could… Read more »
