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After more than a century of collaboration, a merger has been announced between the Rationalist Association, which has published New Humanist magazine since its founding in 1885, and Humanists UK. For 130 years, New Humanist has been a vital platform for award-winning journalism and insightful commentary on science, technology, culture, and politics. As part of… Read more »
Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement that the government will abolish NHS England, and return the management of the national health service in England to central government, Thomas Reynolds, director of policy and communications at the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said: “Today’s announcement by the Prime Minister that NHS England is to be abolished has… Read more »
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Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon, is receiving a mixed reception among Conservative MPs who fear the headline measure to cut National Insurance by 2 per cent does not go far enough. Ahead of the budget yesterday, the chancellor faced calls from some in his party, including former… Read more »
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has this lunchtime delivered his second budget to the House of Commons in a text which was almost identical to the pre trailed media reports of its likely content. Failing to bend to calls by some on his party’s backbenches to pull out a surprise and introduce a wider cut in income… Read more »
