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Prevention of Terrorism Bill backed by MPs.
Terror bill back in the Lords

The Government’s controversial anti-terror bill is back in the House of Lords today after MPs threw out a number of the Lords amendments. Government concessions on the level of judicial involvement in control orders and the promise of an annual review of the powers persuaded a number of rebel Labour MPs to back the bill…. Read more »

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Ombudsman calls for improved complaints system
NHS told to improve complaint handling

The NHS has been told by the Health Service Ombudsman to improve the way it handles patient complaints. A new report from ombudsman Ann Abraham into the complaint system said that patients have been failed by the system for the last eight years. She found that fragmentation of the complaints system, within the NHS and… Read more »