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Despite the pressures currently facing the NHS, three quarters of doctors reported receiving gifts and thank you messages from patients, according to a survey by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The MDU survey of over 400 doctors found that 75% had received a gift or thank you message from a patient over the past year…. Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
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Whitehall should consider fundamental reforms of the way it works to cope with changing national security pressures, Paddy Ashdown warned today. Lord Ashdown, co-chair of the IPPR thinktank’s commission on national security which delivered its interim report today, warned the transfer of power from west to east and the growth of lawless spaces presented serious… Read more »
There are “major weaknesses” in the government’s national security structures, a report out today claims. A group of security commissioners headed by former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown and ex-Nato secretary general George Robertson claim that Britain has failed to adequately improve national security despite escalating threats in recent years. The wide-ranging report – which… Read more »
