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Responding to the independent report by Lord Darzi into the NHS, Dr Caroline Fryar, MDU director of professional services, said: “We welcome the government’s recognition that healthcare professionals are working in a broken system. Lord Darzi’s report has shone a spotlight on the scale of the challenge the NHS faces. Every day doctors go to work to… Read more »
The Government has today brought forward a Bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Humanists UK has welcomed this move as long overdue reform. But it has also said that the next step should be to remove the 26 Church of England bishops, known as the Lords Spiritual, who also have an automatic right… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Some elements of opposition to the Liberal Democrats’ role in government are “hysterical”, Nick Clegg has told party activists during a Q&A. The session, which took place at the party’s autumn conference in Liverpool, saw Mr Clegg accuse the opposition and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee in particular of perpetuating a “betrayal myth”… Read more »
Celebrations at a return to power are being tempered by deep anxiety as the Liberal Democrats’ autumn conference in Liverpool gathers steam. By Alex Stevenson With the party in power for the first time in many decades this should be an opportunity for triumphalism. That seemed unlikely after the party’s number of MPs dipped below… Read more »
