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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The government is about the extend the help it offers homeowners as repossessions look set to soar through 2009. The Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) scheme was today extended to mortgages up to £200,000 and will be available to people after 13 weeks from claiming – instead of the previous 39 weeks…. Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Opposition parties have called on the government to do more to help Britain’s struggling property sector as new figures show further slips on mortgage approvals. The Bank of England today revealed these fell to a nine-year low in November 2008, while the number of remortgages fell from 72,000 in October to 42,000…. Read more »
