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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The prime minister has been criticised for failing to uphold standards in public life by the sleaze watchdog he personally appointed. The watchdog was set up after the cash for peerages row and in the wake of deputy leader John Prescott’s affair with his diary secretary. Sir Alistair Graham, chair of the committee on public… Read more »
A leading union official has called for a debate on the possible amnesty of half a million illegal migrant workers. Jack Dromey, deputy general secretary of the TGWU, said the government should adopt “sensible” policies that avoid making criminals out of law-abiding economic migrants. He told the BBC: “The economy needs migrant labour. They are… Read more »
