Angela Rayner
Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has issued an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging her to take decisive action to tackle the soaring legal costs of clinical negligence claims. In the last year alone, the NHS spent more than £800 million on legal fees relating to clinical negligence… Read more »
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland are ‘indoctrination’. Alongside mandatory Christian collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is therefore discriminatory under human rights law. This ruling will have wide-ranging… Read more »
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The government has confirmed it is repealing a piece of legislation that limited the ability of unions to strike. The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 compelled various sectors to provide a minimum level of service in the event of industrial action. The Act enabled bosses in health, education, fire, ambulance, rail and nuclear commissioning… Read more »
Following yesterday’s announcement about plans to increase the number of affordable homes, the deputy prime minister has pointed to the sudden work pressure of the job since taking up her post. Speaking today on ITV’s ‘This Morning’ programme, Angela Rayner described her work pattern since this month’s general election as “Eat, sleep, work, repeat” before… Read more »
