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MDU champions members health and wellbeing in Parliament debate

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has partnered with Members of Parliament to secure a debate in the House of Commons focusing on the health and wellbeing of doctors. Sponsored by Dr Peter Prinsley, MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, the Welfare of Doctors debate called for the government and NHS leaders to take more steps to improve… Read more »

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Harriet Harman introduces amendment to remove bishops from the Lords

Harriet Harman has today put forward an amendment to the Government’s Hereditary Peers Bill which aims to end the automatic right of Church of England bishops to sit in the House of Lords. The amendment has been tabled with the support of Humanists UK and it is expected that it will be cosponsored by crossbench… Read more »

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The new centres will increase capacity by 60 per cent
More removal centres announced

The UK Border Agency has announced a massive increase in the number of immigrant removal centres. “Even though asylum claims are at a 14-year low, we are removing more failed asylum seekers each year,” said Liam Byrne, immigration minister. “That means we need more detention space.” But plans to station the two extra centres in… Read more »

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Byrne: Tighter border controls reducing asylum applications
Govt puts positive light on asylum figures

The number of failed asylum seekers removed from the country has fallen, the latest figures show. The quarterly asylum, accession monitoring and citizenship statistics show that between July and September, 3,120 failed asylum seekers were deported. This represents an 18 per cent drop on deportations compared to this time last year and is five per… Read more »