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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 Chancellor Alistair Darling has promised to introduce a Fiscal Responsibility Act to reduce the budget deficit. Speaking at the Labour party conference in Brighton today, the chancellor said Labour would cut spending according to rationality, not dogma, as the Tories would. “We will introduce a new Fiscal Responsibility Act to require that… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Gordon Brown has made a firm confirmation of his leadership ahead of Labour’s annual conference in Brighton. As delegates gathered by the sea to attend four days of meetings and speeches, Mr Brown appeared on the Andrew Marr show to assure viewers he would lead the party into the next general election…. Read more »
