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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 Colin Firth, one of the most prominent celebrity supporters of the Liberal Democrats during the election campaign, has declared himself ‘unaligned’. Mr Firth announced his abdication as a celebrity supporter at a Dubai film festival – and cited the party’s broken pledge on tuition fees for driving him away. He was quoted… Read more »
By Peter Wozniak The savings being asked of the NHS and social care are “unprecedented” and will stretch service provision “to the limit”, according to MPs. The health select committee today released its report on public expenditure on both the NHS and local authority provision of social care services – and challenged the government’s optimism… Read more »
