Pat McFadden
Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has issued an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging her to take decisive action to tackle the soaring legal costs of clinical negligence claims. In the last year alone, the NHS spent more than £800 million on legal fees relating to clinical negligence… Read more »
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland are ‘indoctrination’. Alongside mandatory Christian collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is therefore discriminatory under human rights law. This ruling will have wide-ranging… Read more »
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British banks have been accused of “profiteering” as millions of Britons struggle to get by during the cost-of-living crisis. As a result, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has summoned the four big banks for a meeting on Thursday over their conduct. Appearing to support such allegations, veterans minister Johnny Mercer said this morning: “Interest rates… Read more »
Diane Abbott has had the Labour whip suspended pending an investigation after the MP wrote a letter suggesting Jewish people are not subjected to the same racism as some other minorities. Ms Abbott, the former shadow home secretary under Jeremy Corbyn, apologised over the comments and said the letter published in The Observer had been… Read more »
