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The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE – Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
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Ireland has officially rejected the EU Lisbon treaty, throwing the entire European project into continent-wide disarray. The final tally was 752,451 votes for and 862,415 against with 53.4 per cent voting no. Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission said the Lisbon treaty is not dead following the Irish no vote. “Twenty-seven member states signed… Read more »
David Davies has told the Sun newspaper it can “bring it on” if it wants to campaign against him in his constituency by-election. He said he would prefer to run against Labour so he can tackle the issue of 42-day detention with the government but that he would be happy to fight Kelvin Mackenzie, former… Read more »