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MPs have finished the Report Stage debate of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, as well as voting on various amendments. More such votes are expected to follow ahead of a crunch Third Reading vote next Friday. During today’s debate, MPs voted in favour of several changes that strengthen the safeguards in the… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) today welcomed the announcement by the government, in its 2025 Spending Review, that funding for NHS services will increase by 3%. While it is positive that healthcare services have been prioritised in the Spending Review, the MDU emphasises that reform is still urgently needed to ensure this extra funding is… Read more »
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As ever, I’m slightly late — after all the north of Scotland is very far away from sunny Brighton. In making my long journey on the first day of the Liberal Democrat Conference, travelling through the lush Surrey countryside and seeing the dazzling light reflecting off the sea, it’s as if I have come back… Read more »
The Conservative leadership election trundles on. It is a third of the way through its lengthy, multi-round process to narrow the field of candidates down from six to two. The anointed pair will then appear in a beauty contest before Conservative Party members. With first Priti Patel jettisoned, and then Mel Stride, four are left… Read more »
