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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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By Alex Stevenson Workers from Cadbury’s plants are lobbying their MPs in Westminster as the chocolate-maker’s takeover by US firm Kraft is finalised. Shareholders are expected to accept the £12 billion revised bid from Kraft later today, ending 200 years of independence for the British firm. The Unite union is worried that Kraft will not… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff George Osborne sought to move the debate on from spending cuts as he outlined his party’s plans for dealing with the economy in a speech today. The shadow chancellor tried to rebut business secretary Peter Mandelson’s claims that his party are in “complete confusion” over spending cuts. It follows David Cameron’s claim… Read more »