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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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Angel Merkel today became the first female chancellor of Germany, after being voted in by parliament. The leader of the Christian Democratic party (CDU) will govern a “grand coalition” with the Social Democratic party (SDP) after receiving 397 votes in the Bundestag this morning. But 51 members of the coalition were opposed to her taking… Read more »
Senior MPs today accused Tony Blair of creating his own problems on public services reform by failing to listen to the public or his parliamentary colleagues. During a grilling by the Commons liaison committee, the prime minister was accused of “consulting on the details” but taking all the major policy decisions alone. He was also… Read more »
