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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By Alex Stevenson One of the most obvious, and unfortunate, consequences of a recession is that lots of people lose their jobs. Getting out of this mess requires giving them the skills to help them return to work. A fair proportion of them might decide they want to take this opportunity and switch to a… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron has told his party he will concentrate on cutting public debt rather than cutting taxes if the Tories get into power. Criticising a raft of ‘unnecessary’ government measures, including ID cards, quango “fat cats” and aspects of the tax credit system, he promised to reduce spending before embarking on any… Read more »
