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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Anger at the coalition’s strong stance on deficit reduction could cost the Liberal Democrats the by-election, a rebel MP has warned. Annette Brooke, a serial rebel on education issues, told politics.co.uk she feared candidate Elwyn Watkins may fail to take the seat from Labour in Thursday’s poll, the first electoral test of… Read more »
By Ian Dunt MPs overwhelmingly voted against amendments to the European Union bill this evening, after a lengthy debate in the Commons. Veteran eurosceptic Bill Cash led the debate by putting forward a series of radical changes designed to defend the sovereignty of parliament for the EU and the courts. His amendment was defeated by… Read more »