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MDU welcomes increased NHS spending in government’s 2025 Spending Review

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) today welcomed the announcement by the government, in its 2025 Spending Review, that funding for NHS services will increase by 3%. While it is positive that healthcare services have been prioritised in the Spending Review, the MDU emphasises that reform is still urgently needed to ensure this extra funding is… Read more »

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Ex Conservative leader blasts ECHR ‘farce’ as Rwanda flight grounded
Ex Conservative leader blasts ECHR ‘farce’ as Rwanda flight grounded

Former Conservative party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, has blasted the “legal farce” of the ECHR following an eleventh hour intervention by human rights judges to ground the UK government’s initial deportation flight to Rwanda. Legal appeals meant that the number of people due to be relocated was just seven out of the planned 130… Read more »

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How the UK can stop Chinese firms profiting from pain
How the UK can stop Chinese firms profiting from pain

This week I’ll speak at a cross-party event in Parliament calling on the UK government to act against Chinese companies complicit in the genocide of my people, the Uyghurs. Last month, the Health Secretary announced that Chinese surveillance firm, Hikvision, is banned from competing for new business with the Department of Health and Social Care…. Read more »