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Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has issued an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging her to take decisive action to tackle the soaring legal costs of clinical negligence claims. In the last year alone, the NHS spent more than £800 million on legal fees relating to clinical negligence… Read more »
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland are ‘indoctrination’. Alongside mandatory Christian collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is therefore discriminatory under human rights law. This ruling will have wide-ranging… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown has called for the creation of a “new global order” and action to avoid “financial mercantilism” in a speech. The prime minister demanded radically increased global cooperation in a bid to deter banks from sitting on their funds rather than lending – a vital shift needed to end the credit… Read more »
By Blaine Williams The House of Lords met today to debate the cash for amendments affair with Lady Royall answering questions. She confirmed that a thorough investigation into the allegations is being undertaken by the Lords committee for privileges. Lady Royall said: “I take these allegations seriously and have asked the Lords committee for privileges… Read more »
