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New national food strategy offers ‘little more than crumbs’

Responding to the publication of England’s National Food Strategy, Sarah Woolley, General Secretary of the Bakers and Allied Food Workers Union (BFAWU) said: “With 10 million people across the UK facing food poverty, this new strategy needed to bring meaningful change and recommend a ‘Right to Food’ law, instead it offers little more than crumbs… Read more »

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MDU and CORESS partner to promote safety in surgical practice

The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with the Confidential Reporting System for Surgery (CORESS) an independent charity which promotes safety in surgical practice in the NHS and the private sector. Founded in 2005, CORESS receives confidential incident reports from surgeons and theatre staff. These confidential… Read more »

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Jacqui Smith – A political career

By Jonathan Moore In June 2007, Gordon Brown made history when he appointed Jacqui Smith as the first female home secretary. Since that time she’s been at the forefront of a lot of controversial measures, not to mention a number of major scandals which have consistently threatened to end her tenure. Following the news today… Read more »

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Ballot guidance in the south west is accused of being biased
Locals decry ballot blunder

By politics.co.uk staff European election candidates in South West England have branded an election guide as biased after it showed a ballot paper with a cross marked in the box next to the Conservatives. Up to 60,000 ballots have been sent out with the guide, which a local Labour party leader described as “outrageous”. About… Read more »