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MDU warns Chancellor clinical negligence system ‘not fit for purpose’

Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has issued an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging her to take decisive action to tackle the soaring legal costs of clinical negligence claims. In the last year alone, the NHS spent more than £800 million on legal fees relating to clinical negligence… Read more »

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Northern Ireland RE curriculum is ‘indoctrination’ – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland are ‘indoctrination’. Alongside mandatory Christian collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is therefore discriminatory under human rights law. This ruling will have wide-ranging… Read more »

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Tories' alarm at rising pupil numbers
Larger schools ‘sign of success not poor discipline’

It is “too simplistic” for the Conservatives to implicate larger schools with discipline problems, the government has said. The Conservatives have attacked the government over the dramatic rise in the number of pupils taught in very large schools, arguing the evidence points to the benefits of smaller institutions. However, the government claims increased pupil numbers… Read more »

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Cameron criticises 'hysterical' reaction
Cameron hits back at ‘naive’ opponents

David Cameron has been forced to rebuke his backbench MPs, as the Conservative party threatens to fracture over the issue of grammar schools and the party’s commitment to academic selection. This could be the first real test of Mr Cameron’s ability to carry his traditional supporters behind his vision of a new Conservative party. Mr… Read more »