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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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A rape victim angry at David Davis’ alleged lack of interest in sexual violence is to challenge the former shadow home secretary in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election. Jill Saward, who was raped in 1986, is critical of Mr Davis’ decision to fight a by-election on the single issue of pre-charge detention. Her name is… Read more »
Rowdy groups of young people are to be openly filmed by police and followed around their neighbourhood under new plans announced in a speech today by the home secretary, Jacqui Smith. The proposals are designed to turn the tables on the Conservatives, who have been accusing Labour of going soft on its ‘respect agenda’ by… Read more »
