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MDU members have committed to donating £5 from their subscriptions resulting in over £40,000 being given to two charities, Doctors in Distress and the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF) during 2024. Since 2021, the MDU has enabled the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF) to support over 500 doctors throughout their medical career, from financial assistance… Read more »
Humanists UK has raised concerns over potentially unintended consequences of measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would, if not amended, pave the way for a new generation of 100% religiously selective schools for the first time since 2011. The Bill does not refer to faith school admissions at all and nothing in… Read more »
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The pandemic generation of young people was “failed” by the last government, the employment minister has said. Alison McGovern, a minister at the Department for Work and Pensions, claimed the Conservative Party shirked its “responsibility” to help young people during the Covid-19 pandemic. The comments came after the government unveiled plans to replace the network… Read more »
A cross-party group of MPs and former frontline politicians are calling for an overhaul of the electoral system as part of a package of measures to restore public trust in politics. The new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections, which will launch on Monday 25 November, also wants to clampdown on “dark money”… Read more »
