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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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Government proposals to forcibly push back people attempting to cross the Channel should be scrapped if the Government cannot show they are compatible with the UK’s human rights obligations, a report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights has found. Last week 27 people died trying to cross the Channel into England. Over 26,000 people have made the perilous journey to the UK… Read more »
The UK and France are at loggerheads over an escalating humanitarian crisis, after the deaths of 27 people trying to cross the Channel into England. France cancelled Priti Patel’s invitation to discuss solutions to the developing situation in a meeting with European officials on Sunday after France president Emmanuel Macron took issue with Boris Johnson’s… Read more »