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Former GP appointed to lead MDU professional services team

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »

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Labour records its highest poll lead since 2001

The latest YouGov/Times voting intention poll, conducted following Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini-Budget’ last Friday, have the Labour party now polling at levels not seen for over twenty years. The figures show the Conservatives on 28% of the vote, and Labour’s on 45% The opposition party is now 17 points ahead of the Conservatives, a level of support… Read more »

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner listen as shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves gives her keynote speech at the Labour Party conference at the Brighton Centre. Picture date: Monday September 27, 2021.
Labour conference vote in favour of proportional representation

A motion calling for the labour party to drop the first past the post system was tabled at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool. The vote came after electoral reform ranked in the top six items of the party’s priorities ballot.  The priorities ballot dictates the policy areas which members wish to see debated on… Read more »