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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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The Liberal Democrats have launched a draft version of their general election manifesto in preparation for the autumn conference which begins this weekend in Bournemouth. The 5000-word document outlines the party’s top ten policies under the title “Freedom, Fairness and Trust”. Its key pledges focus primarily on public services and domestic policy, but it also… Read more »
New figures from the Office of National Statistics show that inflation fell unexpectedly by 0.1 per cent in August. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI), the Government’s preferred measure of inflation, fell to 1.3 per cent in August, down from 1.4 per cent in July. The Government’s ceiling target for the CPI is 2.0 per cent…. Read more »