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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) says it is extremely worrying that the amount of money earmarked to cover the total cost of clinical negligence claims (including both including IBNR and PPOs) against the NHS in England has risen to £128.6 billion. This is an increase on the previous year’s figure of £85.2 billion and the… Read more »
Over 20 human rights, pro-choice, and international aid groups, and the Norwegian and Danish Governments, have called on the UK Government to reverse its decision to arbitrarily strip ‘sexual and reproductive health and rights’ and ‘bodily autonomy’ from an international human rights statement it – and 22 other countries – signed only two weeks ago…. Read more »
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The international development secretary Hilary Benn claims he is winning the deputy leadership race among the Labour grassroots. Mr Benn has received the most nominations from constituency Labour parties. When nominations closed at 12:30pm today Mr Benn had the backing of 77 local Labour parties. Significantly, the international development secretary had been nominated by Gordon… Read more »
The foreign secretary has been criticised for failing to give evidence to the foreign affairs committee (FAC) about Britain’s relations with the EU. Ms Beckett had offered to appear a few days before the summit but committee chairman Mike Gapes said that was too late to keep the committee up-to-date. “By then senior officials in… Read more »
