

Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU Responding to the publication of a government consultation on limiting claimant’s legal fees for cases valued up to £25,000, John Makin, head of the DDU, said: “This consultation has been a long time coming and is a welcome first step. However, for a… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Mr Jerard Ross as head of Scottish affairs to champion the interests of the MDU’s growing number of members in Scotland. Over the last four years Scottish membership has grown almost 30%, according to the MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation. Jerard, who has worked at the… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Two Liberal Democrat MPs have rebelled against plans to increase VAT in the Budget. Mike Hancock, MP for Portsmouth South, and Bob Russell, MP for Colchester, sided with Labour to vote against the increase and became the first Lib Dems to vote against the coalition government. “Most of the Budget is unfortunately… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A third of those who backed the Liberal Democrats at the general election would not do so now, according to a ComRes poll for the Independent. The latest bad polling news for Britain’s third party came after two polls at the weekend put the Lib Dems on 16%, seven points worse than… Read more »