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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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Seven-year-olds would sit a national reading test under the Conservatives’ new proposals to boost literacy. Party leader David Cameron is set to call for existing procedures to evaluate primary school pupils to be changed from teacher-based assessment to external testing. National tests will only apply to reading. Pupils’ knowledge of subjects such as mathematics and… Read more »
Private schools could abandon the “fashionable” national curriculum for a return to 1950s-style education. Headteachers at many of the country’s prep schools argue five to 14-year-olds should be taught key historical dates, spelling and times-tables – rather than government-ordered classes on obesity, parenting and citizenship. The proposal risks widening the academic divide between state and… Read more »
