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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 »
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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By Ian Dunt Ed Miliband continued his New Year offensive today with a newspaper article in which he lashed out at the coalition for “re-writing history”. The Labour leader, which has kick-started 2011 with a carefully planned series of media attacks on the government, said the financial crisis, not Labour, was responsible for the deficit…. Read more »
By Ian Dunt Freedom of Information could be radically expanded to bring in taxpayer-funded bodies and charities, under plans being formulated by Nick Clegg. Speaking to the Daily Mail, the deputy prime minister said the government was looking into broadening the scope of the law as part of its effort to rebalance the relationship between… Read more »
