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Tax rise payments from over 8 million people needed to fund NHS litigation An influential parliamentary committee has been warned by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) that the Health and Social Care Levy of 1.25% could be swallowed up by the amounts being paid out each year in NHS clinical negligence claims. In evidence to… Read more »
Plans to allow doctors to help terminally ill adults end their lives moved closer to becoming law today, after a new Assisted Dying Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords. Humanists UK, which campaigns to legalise assisted dying for both the terminally ill and incurably suffering, has praised today’s debate for its… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff British workers are putting in more than seven hours unpaid overtime a week, according to a new report. The TUC said that despite a campaign to end the long hours culture, around five million workers are doing an average of five hours six minutes unpaid work per week. They’ve dubbed today Work… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Cheryl Gillan’s autism bill got sent upstairs to committee today, moving a step closer to becoming law. The bill aims to improve recognition of children and adults with autism and to ensure their needs are addressed – especially during the crucial transition from childhood to adulthood. The crucial moment came when an… Read more »
