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A senior professor of old-age psychiatry has branded the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCPsych) approach to the Assisted Dying Bill ‘inconsistent with the college membership’. Baroness Elaine Murphy, a prominent medical member of the House of Lords, has added her voice to a growing number of RCPsych members, including a former college president and vice-president,… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) held the first oral evidence sessions today, where it heard overwhelmingly that patient choice and autonomy are enhanced by the introduction of assisted dying. The Bill sponsors and three representatives from Royal Colleges all said that patients will be able… Read more »
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The trade unions have today given their support to a new bill that would restore to them all the rights to strike and organise that Margaret Thatcher took away. The TUC in Brighton passed a motion backing the trade union freedom bill, which has the support of 182 MPs but has yet to be presented… Read more »
The government’s determination to clamp down on failed asylum seekers staying in the UK means thousands of illegal workers are being ignored, it has been claimed. John Tincey, the vice chairman of the Immigration Service union (ISU), said that staff had even been penalised for spending too much time looking for illegal workers. “This has… Read more »
