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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 politics.co.uk staff Public spending cuts under a Conservative government would not be imposed immediately but over a “five-year horizon”, David Cameron pledged at the weekend. The Conservative leader denied yesterday that he was planning “swingeing cuts” within the next 12 months, explaining that with an election in May the 2010/11 year is already under… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The shadow chancellor has been accused of making false accusations by senior Treasury officials after he implied that they had broken the law and collaborated with Labour in a taxation cover-up. In an unprecedented move, senior civil servants – who are sworn to political impartiality – voiced anger at the allegations and… Read more »
