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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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Gordon Brown did little to appease disgruntled public sector workers with his speech to the TUC congress today. In his first appearance as prime minister, Mr Brown said the government would do nothing that risked increasing inflation, including more generous public sector pay deals. Mr Brown said there would be “no loss of discipline, no… Read more »
The government cannot address affordable housing without guaranteeing decent pay, union leaders warned Gordon Brown today. Addressing the TUC congress in Brighton, Dave Prentis, head of Unison welcomed the government’s moves to create affordable housing but warned it must take action now. Mr Prentis challenged the prime minister: “Make investment in council housing a key… Read more »
