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The Government-backed independent review into political violence and disruption has been published today and recommends teachers to be given legal protections against allegations of ‘blasphemy’. This has been welcomed by Humanists UK, who has been leading the campaign for robust support for teaching staff in response to recent controversies, including the suspension of a teacher in Batley after showing an image… Read more »
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has raised concerns about the increased workload and accountability for dentists taking on the supervision of provisionally registered colleagues who qualified overseas. Responding to Department of Health and Social Care provisional registration for overseas-qualified dentists the DDU says it has profound misgivings about whether the system being proposed is workable and practical from a workforce and patient safety… Read more »
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Following an interview last night, in which the United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, told BBC Radio 4 that he hoped King Charles would attend November’s COP 27 summit, the government has said that the decision is a matter for the King. Last month it was announced that King Charles would not… Read more »
The Democratic Unionist Party has failed to join other parties in forming a new executive in Northern Ireland. Under the law, Northern Ireland’s political parties had 24 weeks following an election to form a new executive. That 24 week period ended at midnight last night. The secretary of state for Northern Ireland is now required… Read more »
