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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 Ian Dunt The pressure on Speaker Michael Martin has reached tipping point with a motion of no confidence receiving cross-party support and a line of senior Labour figures urging him to step down before the next election. David Cameron has pointedly refused to endorse the Speaker, while Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has given… Read more »
By Ian Dunt The UK has stopped rising up the European league table of humanitarian aid. It now stands behind Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium and Finland, spending 0.41 per cent of national income on overseas aid. Italy came bottom of the table, spending just 0.16 per cent of its national income. The… Read more »