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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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The prime minister has said he expects Peter Hain to remain in government but accepts the work and pensions secretary’s future lies out of his hands. Gordon Brown said it would be a “great loss” if Mr Hain had to resign from his Cabinet positions over the latest funding row to beset the Labour party…. Read more »

George Osborne was forced to deny wrongdoing this morning after a newspaper claimed he had failed to register nearly £500,000 of donations. The shadow chancellor received £487,000 of income from a “donors wish account” according to the Mail on Sunday. Although all donations “expressly tied to the member by name” should be registered by MPs… Read more »



