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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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The government is supporting a new initiative intended to ‘design out crime’. The Home Office is teaming up with designers to encourage businesses to think of the appeal to criminals when designing new products and services. Ministers believe products and architecture can be modified to make crime less attractive or harder to carry out. An… Read more »
Peers have warned the government must take action to prevent the internet descending into a lawless “wild west”. The House of Lords science and technology committee said the government is doing too little to improve security on the internet and risks undermining public confidence in the service. At present, ministers say individual users should take… Read more »