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Seven Assisted Dying Bill opponents table 587 amendments between them

Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Baroness Coffey, Lord Goodman of Wycombe, Lord Moylan, and Lord Sandhurst, all opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill, have together tabled 587 amendments to… Read more »

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BASC warns Minister against shotgun–firearms licensing merger

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) met the new Policing Minister, Sarah Jones MP, on Wednesday 12 November, to raise concerns affecting the shooting community, including a forthcoming consultation on plans to merge shotgun and firearms licensing. During the meeting with the Minister, BASC underlined the sector’s commitment to high standards and public… Read more »

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Doctors' leader tells government to stop reform of the NHS
Stop meddling in the NHS, ministers told

The government must stop meddling with the NHS and accept that its costly reforms have failed to improve patient care, a consultants’ leader will warn today. Paul Miller, chairman of the British Medical Association’s (BMA’s) consultants committee, will warn “bad policies and shocking incompetence” have led to major deficits and subsequent job cuts in the… Read more »

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Report says government must make clear it support for an NHS market
Labour ‘must acknowledge an NHS market’

The government must admit that it wants to create a genuine market in the NHS if its reforms are to work properly, a think tank report warns today. A study by the King’s Fund says that without more clarity about the future role of the independent sector in providing health care, patient care will suffer…. Read more »