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The hidden impact of domestic abuse on healthcare professionals has been revealed by the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF), in the latest edition of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) journal. The RMBF has seen a significant increase in doctors accessing support as a direct result of domestic abuse. Five years ago the charity, which the MDU… Read more »
The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was announced in the 2024 King’s Speech, will receive its First Reading in Parliament today. Humanists UK has welcomed proposals including a Children Not in School Register and legislation to close loopholes that enable the continued operation of illegal faith schools. The Bill also includes a requirement… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson Britain’s lack of interest in Iraq after the invasion has “cast a long shadow” over the country’s military reputation, according to an American counter-insurgency expert. David Ucko of the RAND Corporation argued in an article for the International Institute of Strategic Studies’ journal Survival that ministers’ prioritisation of “domestic political agendas” meant… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Intelligence used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq has been dismissed as “tittle-tattle” by John Prescott. The former deputy prime minister told the Iraq inquiry that the joint intelligence committee’s recommendations were “frankly wrong” by 2004 because they had been “built too much on a little information”. “That was my impression… Read more »
