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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has expressed concern that doctors will have insufficient time to read and digest the General Medical Council’s (GMC) more detailed guidance (MDG) which has been published today and comes into effect on January 30th 2024, alongside the updated version of its ethical standards Good Medical Practice. The MDGs, cover a… Read more »
Ofsted has called on the Government to take action on illegal schools. The call came in Ofsted’s latest annual report, published yesterday. The report also highlighted that religious education (RE) provision in English state schools is ‘not fit for purpose’, and that independent faith schools perform very badly in Ofsted inspections. Humanists UK, which has led the… Read more »
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British airports operator BAA should be stripped of its market dominance, MPs say. A report published today by the Commons’ transport committee rejects BAA’s position it is best-placed to deliver much-needed additional capacity to Britain’s passenger aviation sector. It says the drawbacks of having the same operator for London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted “outweigh the… Read more »
The government and BAA have been accused of surging ahead with plans to expand Stansted airport, despite local objections and concerns about the environmental impact. Airport owner BBA has submitted its planning application for a second runway at the Essex airport. It wants to open a two-runway, two-terminal airport in 2015, in what would be… Read more »
