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MDU initiative sees foundation doctor members raise over £30,000 for the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and the Doctors’ Support Network

Foundation Year 1 members (FY1) of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) have raised over £30,000 which will be divided between the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and the Doctors’ Support Network, two charities which provide health, wellbeing and financial support to doctors and medical students across the UK. The MDU reduced the first-year subscription from £10 to £5 for… Read more »

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Government to take firmer stance on religious ‘conversion therapy’

Mike Freer, the Minister for Equalities, has confirmed that the Government’s proposed ban on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ will cover both practices that take place in religious settings and those that are carried out by ministers of religion. LGBT Humanists has previously called on the Government to close loopholes in its proposals on religious conversion therapy. Today it has welcomed… Read more »

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Cameron urged to stick to centre ground
Cameron told ‘lurch to right won’t work’

David Cameron has been urged to stick to the centre ground, despite increasing dissent among backbenchers and party activists. George Bridges, Mr Cameron’s former Europe minister who quit over the grammar school row, hit out at the party leader over the weekend. He claimed Mr Cameron has been overly focused on liberal metropolitan voters and… Read more »

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Mr Brady resigned from the Conservative party in May over grammar schools policy
Ex-frontbencher slams Cameron’s election policy

Former Conservative shadow Europe minister Graham Brady has criticised party leader David Cameron’s policies as being unappealing to voters in key election areas. Mr Brady had resigned from his post in May over the Conservatives’ grammar schools policy. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s The World This Weekend, he said that the Tory leader’s policies had… Read more »