The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced the date for the 2004 pre-Budget report. He told MPs during Treasury questions this morning that he would deliver the report to Parliament on 2 December. The pre-Budget report, published every autumn, provides the Chancellor with an opportunity to explain his approach to the Budget in the spring and update… Read more »
Parents know what is best for their children and should be given more control over how they are cared for, Conservative leader Michael Howard said today. They should be able to choose how they spend childcare tax credits – for example by hiring an au pair or nanny, or paying their friends – and how… Read more »
