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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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The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is to call on the US government to drop its “illegal” tariffs on steel imports. As US president George W Bush visits the UK this week, CBI president John Egan will tell the pro-business campaign group’s annual conference in Birmingham that the US risks sliding further into isolationism and… Read more »
Former Tory prime minister John Major yesterday said his party could win the next general election under Michael Howard. Mr Howard offered the country a “very high quality politician” and a “genuine alternative prime minister,” he said. “I think he is a real match for Tony Blair,” Mr Major added. In an interview on BBC… Read more »
