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Unsustainable pressure on NHS affecting patient care – MDU says

Responding to a report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman into complaints about cancer care, Dr Udvitha Nandasoma, Medical Defence Union (MDU) head of advisory services said: “The report by England’s NHS Ombudsman of outcomes for cancer patients is yet more evidence of the unsustainable pressure on NHS staff. Our members working in the NHS are… Read more »

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Fighting Fund delivers significant firearms certificate victory for member

BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »

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The deportation follows a ruling in Britain's highest court
Qatada to be deported

By politics.co.uk A radical Islamic preacher once dubbed Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe is to be deported following a ruling in Britain’s highest court. Jordanian-national Abu Qatada has been convicted of terrorism charges in his homeland but claims he will be tortured on his return. The UK government claimed the 48-year-old, who was… Read more »

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Govt sanctions inhumane breeding of monkeys

By politics.co.uk staff The Home Office is allowing monkeys bred in “deplorable” conditions to be supplied to the UK for animal testing, an animal charity alleged today. Animal Defenders International (ADI) claimed a monkey supplier in Vietnam, with a UK government licence, was breeding monkeys in rusty, metre-tall cages, which allow barely enough room for… Read more »