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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 Peter Wozniak As the country prepares to endure tough spending cuts, a report today confirmed a 55% jump in pay for FTSE 100 executives in the past year. The Income Data Services (IDS) report revealed the average pay for chief executives of FTSE 100 companies was £4.9 million. Basic salary has climbed slowly, meaning… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron has opted for a suitably patriotic selection when asked his favourite kids’ book – while Nick Clegg went with something sillier. The prime minister said his favourite children’s book was ‘Our Island Story’ by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, while the deputy prime minister opted for The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson. The… Read more »
