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MDU welcomes step forward for openness and learning in NHS

After a successful campaign to improve the safe space provisions in the Health and Care Bill, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) explains why this is a step forward for patient safety. Following its return from the House of Lords to the House of Commons this week, both chambers have now agreed that coroners should not routinely… Read more »

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Johnsons won’t receive further ‘partygate’ fines

No 10 have confirmed that prime minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson will not receive further Covid fines. This morning the Metropolitan Police announced the completion of its investigation into the “partygate” scandal. 126 fixed penalty notices were issued for breaches of Covid-19 regulations across Whitehall and Downing Street. A spokesperson for the… Read more »

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Government 'intrinsically opposed’ to energy windfall tax
Government ‘intrinsically opposed’ to energy windfall tax

A minister has suggested the government is “intrinsically opposed” to a windfall tax on energy firms. In a Times exclusive published this morning, the paper alleges that No 10 aides are reluctant to the Treasury’s warming to the idea of a one-off tax on energy firms as they rake in record profits. One Downing Street… Read more »