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MDU urges government not to back track on clinical negligence reform

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has called on the government to press ahead with long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases. In written evidence to the House of Commons public accounts committee into NHS financial sustainability the MDU explains that the government must introduce legal reforms to the current clinical negligence system… Read more »

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Cost of living payments: why we need to start talking about larger families

Last week, over 8 million households received their first of two cost of living payments, a long overdue recognition by the government that, while the cost of living crisis is affecting us all, its impacts remain profoundly unequal. Households on means-tested benefits will receive £326 directly into their bank accounts, with a further payment of… Read more »

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Will a change in Conservative leader bring about true diversity?

From the midst of the confusion that followed Boris Johnson’s resignation as Prime Minister, many have noticed how several of the contenders for the top post are from diverse communities, including front-runner Rishi Sunak. Does that mean that the Conservative party have achieved a level of equality and inclusivity beyond other political parties or have… Read more »