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The UK has elected the most openly non-religious House of Commons in history, with roughly 40% of MPs during their swearing-in ceremony choosing to take the secular affirmation instead of a religious oath to God, up from 24% after the 2019 election. These include the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and 50% of the Cabinet…. Read more »
Responding to today’s general election result, Dr Michael Devlin, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of professional standards said: “A new government always finds plenty of problems waiting for them on the desk. Sadly, it has become too familiar for us to see a healthcare workforce that is over stretched and under supported. This was reflected… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Former Countdown co-host Carol Vorderman will head a Conservative taskforce into mathematics teaching, party leader David Cameron has said. Her selection comes as the party leadership spearheads a ‘mathematics’ drive amid warnings of an “apartheid” between state and private school maths teaching. The Tory leader said half of 16-year-olds had scored less… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The government’s poor record on improving adult literacy and numeracy has been attacked by an influential group of MPs. The public accounts committee criticised the Skills for Life strategy, which has spent £5 billion since 2001 aiming to achieve improvements. The result is that a large proportion of the adult population can… Read more »
