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MPs have finished the Report Stage debate of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, as well as voting on various amendments. More such votes are expected to follow ahead of a crunch Third Reading vote next Friday. During today’s debate, MPs voted in favour of several changes that strengthen the safeguards in the… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) today welcomed the announcement by the government, in its 2025 Spending Review, that funding for NHS services will increase by 3%. While it is positive that healthcare services have been prioritised in the Spending Review, the MDU emphasises that reform is still urgently needed to ensure this extra funding is… Read more »
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Foreign prisoners held at an open prison are being moved to a more secure place after a number of them walked off, it has emerged. The Prison Service said the inmates had been moved from Ford prison in Sussex after an internal review revealed a “high abscond level at Ford among this group of prisoners”…. Read more »
A civil servant at the Home Office has been suspended after information on the foreign prisoners row was apparently withheld from the home secretary. John Reid yesterday told the home affairs select committee that of the 1,019 foreign prisoners released without being considered for deportation, four murderers and 23 other serious offenders were now in… Read more »
