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Doctors are being reminded by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) about new rules governing death certification, which take effect from today in England and Wales. The changes mean a wider pool of doctors will be able to certify deaths, reducing delays in death certificates being issued. All deaths will now be subject to scrutiny either… Read more »
The Government has today brought forward a Bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Humanists UK has welcomed this move as long overdue reform. But it has also said that the next step should be to remove the 26 Church of England bishops, known as the Lords Spiritual, who also have an automatic right… Read more »
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Working parents would be entitled to an extra 10 hours of free childcare a week under proposals being announced by Labour today.
Conservative plans to increase childcare ratios are conspicuously absent from today’s final proposals from the Department for Education, handing Nick Clegg a sizeable coalition victory over Michael Gove.
