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MDU initiative sees foundation doctor members raise over £30,000 for the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and the Doctors’ Support Network

Foundation Year 1 members (FY1) of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) have raised over £30,000 which will be divided between the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and the Doctors’ Support Network, two charities which provide health, wellbeing and financial support to doctors and medical students across the UK. The MDU reduced the first-year subscription from £10 to £5 for… Read more »

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Government to take firmer stance on religious ‘conversion therapy’

Mike Freer, the Minister for Equalities, has confirmed that the Government’s proposed ban on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ will cover both practices that take place in religious settings and those that are carried out by ministers of religion. LGBT Humanists has previously called on the Government to close loopholes in its proposals on religious conversion therapy. Today it has welcomed… Read more »

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Referendums to be held on regional assemblies
Referendums to be held on regional assemblies

The Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has announced today that voters in the North East, the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber will get referendums on regional assemblies. In a statement to the House of Commons today Mr Prescott said that after months of inquiries and surveys into the level of interest he has… Read more »

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Bush reaffirms 'road map'
Bush reaffirms ‘road map’

US President George W. Bush said yesterday he had not lost hope of realising the imperilled ‘road map’ for peace in the Middle East and called on Palestinians to condemn terrorism. Mr. Bush made the exhortation after visiting a local church in Maine. His words came as terrorist group Hamas killed 17 civilians in a… Read more »