After a successful campaign to improve the safe space provisions in the Health and Care Bill, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) explains why this is a step forward for patient safety. Following its return from the House of Lords to the House of Commons this week, both chambers have now agreed that coroners should not routinely… Read more »
Research by new longevity think tank Phoenix Insights reveals millions at risk of struggling later in life without fresh interventions Data from inaugural Longer Lives Index finds over 10 million people fear their ability to stay in work up to retirement 7 million people expect to rely significantly on money from friends and family in… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron was in an optimistic mood today, as the Tories prepared for their first party conference as a government since 1996. The prime minister seemed intent on playing down criticism that the government’s dour comments on the state of the deficit were driving down confidence in the British economy. “Let’s put… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Today marks ten years since the controversial Human Rights Act was introduced, with rows over its effect on British politics showing no signs of fading. A ComRes poll commissioned by the campaigning organisation Liberty suggests widespread public support for the law, but an almost complete lack of education about what it itself… Read more »
