Race Relations
By politics.co.uk staff The British national party (BNP) will vote on whether to accept non-white members on February 14th. The party has been forced into discussions on changing its membership criteria after a court case brought against it by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. Under its constitution, it must hold an extraordinary general meeting,… Read more »
Lindsay van Dijk has been appointed to head up the chaplaincy and pastoral care team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which provides person-centred pastoral and spiritual care. As a head of service role, this is the most senior role a humanist pastoral carer has ever held in the NHS. She is also the… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s first and leading medical defence organisation for doctors, today announced that it has appointed Dr Matthew Lee as its new chief executive. Dr Lee will take over from Dr Christine Tomkins, who is retiring in September after a long career supporting MDU members. Dr Tomkins has been in… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Nearly half the young black people in the UK have been left unemployed by the recession, new research shows today. In a startling set of findings which cast serious doubts on the government’s commitment to shielding vulnerable groups from the economic downturn, the research shows 48% of black people between the age… Read more »
