Welsh Independence
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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Labour has failed its core voters on immigration and public services, leading rebel Frank Field will say later today. The former welfare minister and leader of the backbench rebels responsible for Gordon Brown’s humiliating 10p income tax U-turn will make the claim in a lecture at the University of Hertfordshire, where he is chancellor. Mr… Read more »
Talks on the new Welsh government have been delayed while first minister Rhodri Morgan is treated in hospital. Rhodri Morgan was admitted to Llandough Hospital yesterday suffering from stomach problems. His spokesman confirmed he would be given a heart test today. The Labour first minister had been due to discuss the make-up of his Cabinet… Read more »
