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A UK Government petition to hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying has passed 100,000 signatures in less than a month, and will be considered for Westminster Hall debate in Parliament. Humanists UK has welcomed the news, thanked members and supporters who have already signed and encouraged others to add their signatures. This petition calls for… Read more »
Doctors are being advised by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) to only post information on private WhatsApp groups and other social messaging services that they would be happy to be made public. The MDU issued the advice as new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) on doctors’ use of social media takes effect today. It is… Read more »
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The head of the Metropolitan police considered resigning after the shooting of an innocent Brazilian by his officers, who mistakenly thought he was a suicide bomber. Sir Ian Blair yesterday admitted that his force should have reacted more quickly to dismiss unfounded suggestions that Jean Charles de Menezes was wearing a heavy jacket and vaulted… Read more »
Plans to introduce ethnic minority quotas on candidate shortlists were last night rejected by the Liberal Democrats. President Simon Hughes had insisted the move was “positive action, not positive discrimination” and was necessary to make the Lib Dems a truly representative party. But others rejected the motion as unfair and illiberal, and above all unworkable… Read more »
