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Humanists UK welcomes Ofsted’s call to tackle illegal schools and improve RE

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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280,000 civil servants in strike ballot

About 280,000 civil servants will be balloted on strike action today as the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union protests against job losses and outsourcing. Organisers say that if the vote goes in favour of a 24-hour walkout across 200 government agencies on January 31st, it could mark the start of the biggest period of… Read more »

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NAO says Whitehall is spending billions on consultants
Whitehall’s £1.8bn consultancy bill revealed

Whitehall departments spent £1.8 billion on consultants last year, a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. The spending watchdog acknowledges this is less than the £2 billion spent in 2003, but says savings of up to £540 million could be made by a better use of internal staff and an improvement… Read more »