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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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Social housing will feature noticeably in the government’s pledge to build three million new homes, ministers have claimed. Charities and opposition politicians had raised concerns low income renters would be overlooked under Gordon Brown’s plans to build three million new homes by 2020. Mr Brown and housing minister Yvette Cooper have sought to reassure them,… Read more »
Gordon Brown marked the end of his first fortnight in office today by unveiling his plans to reform housing, the NHS and education. Continuing his pledge to change, the prime minister previewed his legislative priorities to parliament ahead of the Queen’s Speech in the autumn. Normally the government’s legislative plans are kept secret until after… Read more »
