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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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By politics.co.uk staff The prime minister must start to “tell it straight” about public spending or face losing business confidence, Ken Clarke will say in a speech tonight. The shadow business secretary will denounce Gordon Brown for failing to undertake a spending review and thereby “trying to hide the scale of the crisis”. Spending reviews… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Unemployment rose to 2.38 million in the three months to May 2009, figures have shown today, as a report calls for the creation of a “more sustainable economy”. The Institute for Public Policy Research is concerned by the statistics, which appear to suggest unemployment is on course to hit three million by… Read more »
