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The overwhelming majority (80%) of respondents use social media, with 78% using it at least once a day, according to new research undertaken by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The survey of 1,797 MDU members also revealed that the most popular channels were Facebook which is used by 75% followed by Instagram and YouTube which are… Read more »
The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff A third post-mortem of Ian Tomlinson, the man who died after being pushed to the ground at G20 protests last year, has been withheld from the coroner. The Crown Prosecution Service and Independent Police Complaints Commission are also understood not to have seen the examination, conducted by a forensic pathologist. The post-mortem… Read more »
by Peter Wozniak The government’s push for deficit reduction will lead to public unrest on the same scale as during Margaret Thatcher’s failed attempt to introduce a poll tax, the Trades Union Congress has argued. Kicking off a campaign to oppose the coalition’s spending cuts at the grassroots level, the TUC implied that the government’s… Read more »