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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 »
New YouGov polls show that both the public and MPs are overwhelmingly in favour of legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales. The data has been released on the eve of a House of Commons debate. It shows that support is consistent across all parties and all religious groups, and underlines Humanists UK’s… Read more »
During digital, culture, media and sport questions, Labour’s Catherine West asked under-secretary Chris Philp how the government are tackling social media companies’ failures to address their platform’s cause of suicide and eating disorders. Philp welcomed the “important issue”, telling the House of Commons that children are covered by the harms that social media companies have… Read more »
During justice questions, Labour MP Alex Norris told justice under-secretary James Cartlidge that “progress is not quick enough” when it’s comes to the justice system. Norris described the data in his constituency to show “cases are delayed, crime is up, charges are down”. Cartlidge told the House of Commons that the UK are “making progress”… Read more »
