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Royal Shrewsbury Hospital - MP in a muddle

Editor,

Message from Dr Charles West

Liberal Democrats to fight for Civil Liberties

Chris Huhne, Lib Dem Shadow Home Secretary, this week launched a 20 point plan to reverse the government's progressive invasion of individual freedom and privacy. Both Labour and conservative governments have progressively attacked and undermined the rights of the individual citizen and now the Liberal Democrats have published a "Freedom Bill". This draft legislation will detail twenty measures including:

Children need more opportunities to learn

The Cambridge Review of Primary Education today claims that children's education is being impoverished by rigid testing. Professor Robin Alexander's team describes a rigid testing regime, with more than half of all class room time spent on the core subjects of maths and English, with virtually all other topics squeezed out. "The most conspicuous casualties are the arts, the humanities and those kinds of learning in all subjects which require time for talking, problem- solving and the extended exploration of ideas."