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Former GP appointed to lead MDU professional services team

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 »

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Royal Mail rows back on knife ban

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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Concerns about Labour's record on immigration appear to have damaged the party
Immigration ‘lost Labour the election’

By Peter Wozniak Labour’s failure to respond to voters’ concerns over immigration was a contributing factor to the loss of Labour votes at the general election, a new poll has suggested. A YouGov poll of 45,000 respondents commissioned by Demos displayed a significant proportion of Labour voters lost to the party since 2005 were concerned… Read more »