A report by thinktank Policy Exchange has revealed that schools are implementing their own gender ideology in the absence of clear government guidelines. Some schools fail to inform parents about their child's gender distress because of data protection and privacy concerns. The report's authors warn that countless schools' routinely disregard' safeguarding principles concerning gender identity issues.
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5% NHS pay deal may end strikes but is ‘yet another...
Unions representing nurses, ambulance staff and other NHS workers have reached a pay deal with the government that could see the end of their industrial action.
After months of strikes and weeks of negotiations, the three biggest unions – Royal...
Health and Education
Childcare shortages see most disadvantaged kids miss out
Children's charity Coram published its annual Childcare Survey today. The report points to significant childcare shortages, with children from disadvantaged areas missing out the most. Only half of all...
Health and Education
Gove wants to scrap child benefits payments to parents of truants
Michael Gove has been accused of “living in a different century” for wanting to stop child benefit payments to parents of children who miss school. The Levelling-Up secretary has tried...
Health and Education
Teachers strike to start on ‘national day of action’
Teachers in England and Wales have overwhelmingly voted to strike for seven days in February and March as their pay row with the government escalates. In Scotland, teachers began 16...
Silent Sunak told to ‘step up’ as NHS faces ‘unbearable’ pressure
The NHS is at breaking point leading medics and health bosses have warned, saying current pressures on the health service are “unbearable and unsustainable”.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has been told to “step up and...
Sunak U-turns on China flights and Covid testing
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has “performed a major U-turn”, the Guardian reports, and the UK will now impose Covid checks on people arriving to the UK from China where coronavirus cases are surging.
Sunak has...
Govt to scrap NHS targets; Dorries tips Johnson’s return by Christmas
The Conservative government is set to scrap NHS targets in England to focus instead on running the health service like schools.
A major review into how the NHS operates – led by former Labour health...
Free up beds before ambulance strike, hospitals told
Hospitals have been told to clear beds ahead of the ambulance strike with NHS leaders telling trusts to prepare for “extensive disruption”.
Ambulance workers from nine trusts will strike on Wednesday (Dec 21), a day...
Lecanemab – the Alzheimer’s drug hailed as a huge breakthrough
Positive phase 3 trial results, have raised hope among scientists that the effectiveness of lecanemab is the first step toward finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease. After decades of research resulting in drugs available...