Chris Philp
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 will go “over and above” the tax rises outlined during the general election campaign at the budget, Philip said.
Channel crossings will be stopped “in the fullness of time”, a Home Office minister claimed this morning as Labour and the Conservative Party battle over measures to tackle illegal migration. Defending the government’s immigration policies, policing minister Chris Philp said he had full confidence in the government’s approach, saying: “The number of small boats this… Read more »

