*Comment & Analysis
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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The Labour manifesto focuses on three main areas: the economic recovery from recession, the political recovery from the expenses scandal and “renewing our society”. By Alex Stevenson On the economy, Labour plans to provide one million extra skilled jobs. The Labour government’s plans are for 70,000 advanced apprenticeships and new ‘skills’ accounts. A green investment… Read more »
Theirs is a beautiful relationship: a meeting of minds which has elevated the Liberal Democrats to, er, exactly the same place they were five years ago. By Alex Stevenson In the orange corner: Nick Clegg, the youthful and energetic leader who specialises in bounding out of bed to be fresh-faced in front of the nation’s… Read more »
