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MDU warns Chancellor clinical negligence system ‘not fit for purpose’

Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has issued an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging her to take decisive action to tackle the soaring legal costs of clinical negligence claims. In the last year alone, the NHS spent more than £800 million on legal fees relating to clinical negligence… Read more »

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Northern Ireland RE curriculum is ‘indoctrination’ – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland are ‘indoctrination’. Alongside mandatory Christian collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is therefore discriminatory under human rights law. This ruling will have wide-ranging… Read more »

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Truss and the mini-Budget: Does she stick or twist?

Britain is reeling from the fall-out of last week’s mini-budget, as the government’s economic rebalancing project, code-named ‘Operation Rolling Thunder’, continues to take relentless damage from market forces. On Wednesday, central bankers scrambled to panic stations in an attempt to ward off a vicious spiral of a crashing currency, rising interest rates and weaker growth…. Read more »

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IMF urges government to rethink fiscal policy

The International Monetary Fund has taken aim at the mini budget unveiled last week by new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, and which in turn has led to a further sharp decline in the value of sterling. Commenting on last week’s mini budget, an IMF spokesman said, “Given elevated inflation pressures in many countries, including the UK,… Read more »