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The songs of moorland bird species have been recorded in the Calderdale area as part of a new campaign to provide their unique sounds to local care homes. The Moorland Chorus recording will be used as a therapeutic tool for those no longer able to easily access the uplands. Organised by the British Association for Shooting and… Read more »
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has published the report of its inquiry into NHS litigation reform. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) engaged closely with this inquiry, submitting written evidence. The MDU welcomes the publication of today’s report but cautioned against too much focus on fundamental and complex structural change, at… Read more »
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Social mobility in the UK has not improved since the 1970s, despite ten years of a Labour government, a report by the Sutton Trust finds today. Based on research by the London School of Economics and University of Surrey, the report concludes educational success is still “overwhelmingly tied” to parental income. The researchers found the… Read more »
Ministers have been urged to rethink plans to make all toddlers follow a so-called national curriculum from next autumn. A panel of academics, including leading child psychologists, warn the government’s forthcoming early years foundation stage will force the under-fives to follow an overly prescriptive curriculum. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCFS) denies the… Read more »
