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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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By politics.co.uk staff An independent panel assessing compensation claims for those affected by the government’s high-speed rail plans is being launched today. The exceptional hardship scheme is designed to help those who cannot sell their home because of plans to build the London-to-Birmingham line. It is proving deeply controversial. Only one of the three routes… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Plans to increase capacity in Britain’s railway network have been thrown into doubt as spending cuts trigger a review of train carriage purchases. Transport secretary Philip Hammond ordered an “urgent reappraisal” after a National Audit Office (NAO) report questioned the value for money of the former government’s approach. Ministers had announced large-scale… Read more »
