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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 Conservative’s deputy Treasurer has quit in protest over David Cameron’s supposed “lurch to the right”. Businessman Johan Eliasch, a major Conservative donor has resigned from his honorary position as deputy Treasure of the party. Friends of Mr Eliasch told the Times the Anglo-Swedish business tycoon believed it was a “mistake” to move the party… Read more »
British troops have pulled out of central Basra as the UK prepares to wind down its mission in Iraq. The 550 troops remaining at the Basra Palace compound have now joined forces at Basra Airport, where British troops are training the Iraqi army. The pre-planned move is part of the UK’s ongoing efforts to transfer… Read more »
