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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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The prime minister has been criticised for failing to uphold standards in public life by the sleaze watchdog he personally appointed. The watchdog was set up after the cash for peerages row and in the wake of deputy leader John Prescott’s affair with his diary secretary. Sir Alistair Graham, chair of the committee on public… Read more »
A leading union official has called for a debate on the possible amnesty of half a million illegal migrant workers. Jack Dromey, deputy general secretary of the TGWU, said the government should adopt “sensible” policies that avoid making criminals out of law-abiding economic migrants. He told the BBC: “The economy needs migrant labour. They are… Read more »
