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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The controversy around the rolling out of prison escort responsibilities in Scotland to the private sector firm Reliance has resurfaced today with the publication of an Audit Scotland report. Although the report from Audit Scotland finds that the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) followed correct procedures in awarding and monitoring the contract, the Scottish National Party… Read more »
The Jaguar workers have welcomed backing from the “highest level of Government” in their dispute with Ford over the closure of Browns Lane. The plant closure has been a high profile issue at this week’s Labour conference with John Prescott and Patricia Hewitt just two Ministers to voice their support for the workers. In addition,… Read more »
