*Comment & Analysis
Despite the pressures currently facing the NHS, three quarters of doctors reported receiving gifts and thank you messages from patients, according to a survey by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The MDU survey of over 400 doctors found that 75% had received a gift or thank you message from a patient over the past year…. Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson This year’s top private member’s bills vying to become law are as different as the MPs presenting them. For the next five weeks every Friday the Commons chamber will see MPs struggle to get their bill through the House. The members involved were selected at random in a ballot; it might have… Read more »
By Samantha Cullen What effect will the global downturn have on the European ideal of a free market? Protectionism is on the agenda this weekend as European Union leaders meet to discuss their stance on how to confront the global economic downturn. Across the EU’s member states, politicians may feel a greater temptation to focus… Read more »
