Constitutional Reform
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Three former MPs seeking to avoid a criminal trial over their expenses claims have received a setback – but still been allowed to appeal to the supreme court. Lord Judge has ruled ex-Labour MPs David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Elliot Morley cannot take their case to the supreme court after they lost… Read more »
