The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s first and leading medical defence organisation for doctors, today announced that it has appointed Dr Matthew Lee as its new chief executive. Dr Lee will take over from Dr Christine Tomkins, who is retiring in September after a long career supporting MDU members. Dr Tomkins has been in… Read more »
Humanist and Christian leaders have come together to urge as many people as possible to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The move, by the UK’s humanist movement and by Churches Together in England the Scottish Church Leaders Forum on behalf of their around 60 member churches, is being made now that everyone over 40 has been… Read more »
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Phillip Mawer, parliamentary commissioner for standards, has called for radical reform to the way MPs claim expenses. There are currently large differences in what members of parliament claim for, with some MPs claiming almost £175,000 in expenses and others claiming less than £63,000. As a result of these huge discrepancies, Sir Phillip has argued for… Read more »
Immigrants only “marginally” benefit the UK economically, a pressure group has said. Migrationwatch, which argues for controlled immigration to the UK, calculates that migrants do benefit the economy – but only to the tune of 4p a week per person. The group questions whether this “at best marginal” benefit is worth the added strain migrants… Read more »
