Keir Starmer
Following the publication today of a public accounts committee report into NHS financial sustainability, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said the NHS should enact long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases. The MDU was one of the few healthcare organisations to submit written evidence to the committee. Dr Mike Devlin, MDU head of… Read more »
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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In his address to the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) annual conference today, Sir Keir Starmer has said that Labour is “open to business”. He said that Labour is both the party of work and the party of business, and that British Industry must be able to compete in an “ever-competitive world”. Sir Keir said… Read more »
Following a difficult week for the Prime Minister, given the fallout from the Owen Patterson affair, controversy over changes to the HS2 rail link, and plummeting poll ratings, the Labour leader has refused to say whether his predecessor would have done a better job than Mr Johnson. Challenged on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme… Read more »
