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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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Foreign secretary Jack Straw has condemned the bombing of a minibus in the western Turkish resort of Kusadasi on Saturday. Mr Straw described the attack as a “repugnant act, which has ruined the lives of so many innocent people”. The explosion killed five people including a British woman and an Irish teenager, and injured 11… Read more »
The government has achieved the cross-party consensus it was seeking on plans to roll-out new anti-terrorism laws. Home secretary Charles Clarke reached an agreement in principle with his Conservative and Liberal Democrat counterparts for legislation to be introduced to parliament in the autumn. Mr Clarke held counsel with David Davis and Mark Oaten in a… Read more »
