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Tax rise payments from over 8 million people needed to fund NHS litigation An influential parliamentary committee has been warned by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) that the Health and Social Care Levy of 1.25% could be swallowed up by the amounts being paid out each year in NHS clinical negligence claims. In evidence to… Read more »
Plans to allow doctors to help terminally ill adults end their lives moved closer to becoming law today, after a new Assisted Dying Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords. Humanists UK, which campaigns to legalise assisted dying for both the terminally ill and incurably suffering, has praised today’s debate for its… Read more »
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It’s a big month for the UK government, as they prepare for COP26 in Glasgow, the conference that could be a pivotal moment in mankind’s fight against the climate crisis. Closer to home, there is dissatisfaction at the United Kingdom’s own efforts to deal with the climate emergency. Protest groups such as Extinction Rebellion and… Read more »
Maybe Boris’ next step will be to glue a new deal together to save Northern Ireland?
