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The Food and Work Network – a coalition of academics, public health professionals, trade unionists and community activists based at Birkbeck College, University of London – today slammed as “wholly inadequate” the Government’s Food Strategy, arguing that “it’s time to declare a National Food Emergency” to reflect the gravity of the situation. The Network has… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) says it is extremely worrying that the amount of money earmarked to cover the cost of clinical negligence claims against the NHS in the UK has risen to £86 billion. The astonishing figure, just published in the Whole of Government Accounts for the year to March 2020 has increased more than fourfold… Read more »
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Read the full letter of resignation from Eric Joyce, the parliamentary private secretary to defence secretary Bob Ainsworth. Gordon As you may know, I told Bob Ainsworth some weeks ago that I intended to step down as parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to the defence secretary before the start of the new parliamentary term. This seems… Read more »
By Liz Stephens Gordon Brown gave a major speech defending the presence of British troops in Afghanistan today but it was overshadowed by the resignation of a senior aide last night, in protest over the conflict. Eric Joyce, MP for Falkirk and parliamentary private secretary to defence secretary Bob Ainsworth quit the government yesterday evening…. Read more »
