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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) says it is extremely worrying that the amount of money earmarked to cover the cost of clinical negligence claims against the NHS in the UK has risen to £86 billion. The astonishing figure, just published in the Whole of Government Accounts for the year to March 2020 has increased more than fourfold… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has received ministerial confirmation which quashes claims that country sports will be banned in Wales by 2024. The false information was spread through a series of social media posts in March this year, which made claims that shooting and other country sports would have no future in… Read more »
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Individuals and businesses suspected of being involved in organised crime could be handed the equivalent of control orders under new plans unveiled today. The Home Office said the civil orders, which would restrict an individual’s ability to travel or communicate with certain people, could be used where there was insufficient evidence for a prosecution, or… Read more »
Two UK-based organisations have been banned under new legislation prohibiting the glorification of terrorism, the Home Office has announced. Al Ghurabaa and Saved Sect are believed to be splinter groups of radical group al-Muhajiroon, which was one of two organisations named by Tony Blair in the wake of the London bombings last summer. Its founder,… Read more »
