Grant Shapps
Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has issued an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging her to take decisive action to tackle the soaring legal costs of clinical negligence claims. In the last year alone, the NHS spent more than £800 million on legal fees relating to clinical negligence… Read more »
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland are ‘indoctrination’. Alongside mandatory Christian collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is therefore discriminatory under human rights law. This ruling will have wide-ranging… Read more »
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Some say that reshuffles, if executed well, can sharpen and re-energise governments, set ambitious agendas and boost a prime minister even if their authority is ailing. Rishi Sunak is not one of those people. The prime minister has been presented with opportunity after opportunity to shake up his top team. But, at every turn, he… Read more »
Grant Shapps has been named the new defence secretary following the resignation of Ben Wallace this morning. Rishi Sunak appears to have selected Mr Shapps, who was serving in cabinet as energy security and net zero secretary, as Mr Wallace’s replacement because he is deemed in Whitehall to be a safe pick. Meanwhile, Claire Coutinho,… Read more »
