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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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John Hutton’s task in seeking to reform public sector pensions in a fair manner is almost impossible. By Craig Berry As shown by recent, conflicting analyses by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Office for National Statistics, comparing pay and pensions across the public and private sectors is extremely difficult. Furthermore, his review is… Read more »
Ed Miliband has published his appointments to the shadow Cabinet. Read the full list here: Leader of the opposition – Ed Miliband Shadow chancellor – Alan Johnson Shadow foreign secretary – Yvette Cooper Shadow home secretary – Ed Balls Shadow health secretary – John Healey Shadow education secretary – Andy Burnham Shadow work and pensions… Read more »
