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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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By politics.co.uk staff Tony Blair tried to elevate Charles Clarke to foreign secretary in an effort to set him up as a challenger to Gordon Brown, according to Mr Clarke himself. In a remarkably outspoken interview with the New Statesman, the former home secretary said: “Tony told me the day after he sacked me that… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrats have announced new plans to reduce the maximum class size of infant schools. They will help English infant schools reduce their class capacity to a maximum 15, half the current limit. The proposals will be funded by ending the Child Trust Fund, which gives every child £250 when they… Read more »
