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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 Britain would return a hung parliament at the next election if Labour had Alan Johnson as its leader, a new poll suggests. A ComRes survey for the Independent forecast a 74 majority for the Tories if Gordon Brown stays in power, but a change of leadership to the new home secretary would… Read more »
By Ian Dunt and Alex Stevenson Former justice minister Shahid Malik has been made communities minister today after he was cleared of breaching ministerial rules in the wake of the expenses scandal. Mr Malik had drawn criticism over his rental agreements in his constituency, with the Telegraph claiming he paid below-average rent to a local… Read more »
