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A senior professor of old-age psychiatry has branded the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ (RCPsych) approach to the Assisted Dying Bill ‘inconsistent with the college membership’. Baroness Elaine Murphy, a prominent medical member of the House of Lords, has added her voice to a growing number of RCPsych members, including a former college president and vice-president,… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life Bill) held the first oral evidence sessions today, where it heard overwhelmingly that patient choice and autonomy are enhanced by the introduction of assisted dying. The Bill sponsors and three representatives from Royal Colleges all said that patients will be able… Read more »
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By Peter Wozniak There will be no re-valuation of council tax bands in England within the life of this parliament, the government has promised. It had been feared that a re-valuation possibly adding hundreds of pounds to people’s council tax bills would be enacted as a way of recouping funds for the government amidst the… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Eric Pickles has defended his decision to scrap the Audit Commission, telling the Commons the local government spending watchdog made “errors of judgement”. Nearly a month has passed since news of the Commission’s fate was revealed, but the communities and local government secretary was summoned to the despatch box by Labour MPs… Read more »
