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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 »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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The public, whose default attitude towards politicians is one of deep suspicion, are at their most sensitive when our elected representatives cry. Gordon Brown’s gamble this weekend might not pay off. By Alex Stevenson Politics isn’t just about ideas. It’s about people. So politicians need to show emotion, sometimes, to help us realise they’re ordinary… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Alistair Darling has described how the last two years saw him take the toughest decisions of his life. In a speech which framed his tough choices against the inexperience of the Conservatives, Mr Darling highlighted in particular the nationalisation of Northern Rock and the bank bail-out. “I have had to take the… Read more »
