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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 politics.co.uk staff Gordon Brown’s behaviour towards junior staff can be “unforgivable”, according to former spin doctor Lance Price. In extracts of his new book published in the Independent, Mr Price corroborates rumours of the prime minister’s angry tirades and micro-management style. “If Brown saw something he didn’t like he would rush to the press… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The watchdog set up to oversee MPs’ expenses is expected to cost roughly £6.5 million to run every year, it has been reported. The figure, obtained by the BBC, is significantly greater than the £1.1 million expenses auditor Sir Thomas Legg succeeded in clawing back from MPs relating to their 2004-08 claims…. Read more »
