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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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By Alice Cannet New research shows that £700 million is paid each year to fund the UK’s failing farming system, which continuously strains the environment, a leading environmental group has claimed. The report ‘Feeding the Beast’, released today by Friends of the Earth (FOE), describes how EU money invested in factory farms is contributing to… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A new advertising campaign urging voters to register for the 4th June election has been launched today to avoid another low turnout. The purpose of the campaign is to increase poll turnout at the European parliament elections, which commonly attracts a bare minimum of votes. The European parliament vote in 1999 resulted… Read more »