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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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London braces itself today for a large-scale protest against this week’s state visit to the UK by US president George W Bush. A national protest organised by the Stop the War Coalition starts at 14:00 BST and the organisation expects as many as 100,000 people to march through the capital, finishing with a rally in… Read more »
The Inland Revenue has mismanaged the implementation of the new tax credit system to the tune of £700 million-a-year, according to the Government’s spending watchdog. The National Audit Office said the Revenue had overpaid many people claiming working families’ and disabled persons’ tax credits. As an explanation, the NAO said many claimants had failed to… Read more »
