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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 The struggle against the Taliban is distracting Britain from its main strategic priority, Chatham House’s director Robin Niblett has claimed. Speaking in an interview with politics.co.uk, Dr Niblett said managing the shift in global economic power from west to east was the bigger picture Britain had to deal with. He suggested an… Read more »
The rise in the standard rate of value-added tax (VAT) puts this still newish tax into the spotlight – though it has arguably been there since its UK introduction in 1973. By John Whiting, Tax Policy Director, Chartered Institute of Taxation Why VAT – and what is it? The UK introduced VAT (and abolished purchase… Read more »
