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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Gordon Brown has today written in defence of the union, arguing “secessionist forces” are loudly at work to undermine it. Writing in the Telegraph, the prime minister said: “We must be resolute in defending the union and argue against those who put it at risk.” Mr Brown argued the union is a force for good… Read more »
Gordon Brown has promised Labour MPs a free vote on the most contentious parts of the controversial embryo bill. The prime minister has said MPs will be given a free vote against the specific use of hybrid embryos, so-called ‘saviour siblings’ and IVF reform when the bill first enters the Commons. He explained these are… Read more »
