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In his first major speech since leaving office, Mark Drakeford told an audience of over 600 people at the Humanists UK Convention on Saturday that Labour leader Keir Starmer should be ‘bold’ in office, should he become Prime Minister. Asked what advice he would give to a Labour leader entering office, he said: ‘By winning… Read more »
95% of healthcare professionals responding to a Medical Defence Union (MDU) survey say they want political parties to include plans in their manifestos to support the health and wellbeing of the NHS workforce. Of the 613 doctors, dentists and dental care professionals responding to the MDU’s survey, three quarters (75%) also said they feel negative… Read more »
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Labour has held onto two seats in the House of Commons in the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s leadership. Voters in Ealing Southall and Sedgefield returned Labour candidates, although with less enthusiasm than in past elections. Phil Wilson took Sedgefield with 12,528 votes, giving him a majority of 6,956, down from the majority of… Read more »
The government will continue to resist calls from teachers’ unions to moderate its “obsession” with testing, following a statement from the new children and schools secretary Ed Balls that national tests and school league tables will not be scrapped. Critics of the government’s education policy had been hoping for a new approach from Gordon Brown’s… Read more »
