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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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A new report from the CBI has called on the Government to give greater backing to business involvement in the state education system. Releasing the results of an independently commissioned survey into the performance of nine local education authorities (LEAs) under private sector management, it concludes that all have improved faster than the national average…. Read more »
The Prime Minister has said be believes the British government will donate “hundreds of millions of pounds” in aid to the victims of the Asian tsunamis. The Government has so far pledged £50 million but Tony Blair told the Today programme: “My estimate is that we will end up needing to spend probably several hundreds… Read more »
