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It has been reported by The Sunday Times that the Government is considering plans to remove the 50% admissions cap on new faith schools in England. This would mean that they would no longer have to offer a proportion of their places to children who do not follow their religion but would instead be able… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
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Defence secretary Des Browne must resign if he fails to give a “full account” of his decision to allow the 15 Royal Navy personnel released by Iran to sell their stories, Conservative leader David Cameron has said. Speaking on BBC1’s Sunday AM programme Mr Cameron added that Mr Browne would also need to illustrate that… Read more »
The debt crisis facing the NHS is “real and entrenched” and has resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs, Britain’s leading nursing union has warned. Over 22,000 NHS posts have been lost in the past 18 months, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has claimed, in a report published as its annual conference gets… Read more »
