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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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Work and Pensions Secretary Alan Johnson has assured the TUC that the Government will not raise the retirement age. “This Government will not raise the State Pension Age. This Government will not force people to work to 70 years of age”, Mr Johnson insisted. Mr Johnson was making his first speech as Secretary of State… Read more »
The Liberal Democrats have launched a draft version of their general election manifesto in preparation for the autumn conference which begins this weekend in Bournemouth. The 5000-word document outlines the party’s top ten policies under the title “Freedom, Fairness and Trust”. Its key pledges focus primarily on public services and domestic policy, but it also… Read more »
