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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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Tony Blair has called on world leaders to broker a new deal on fair trade at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit next month in Hong Kong. The prime minister said anything short of the task would be a disaster for world economies, both developed and under-developed. Mr Blair said winning an agreement on the… Read more »
Arabic news channel al-Jazeera’s director general flew into the UK on Friday to demand the release of the memo in which US president George Bush allegedly discussed bombing the TV station’s Qatar headquarters. On Tuesday, The Daily Mirror said it had access to a secret government memo suggesting Tony Blair had talked Mr Bush out… Read more »