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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 »
Lucy Powell has issued an apology after she was accused of “dismissing” concerns over grooming gangs. Powell, the leader of the House of Commons, said she was “very sorry” for her remarks and apologised for “any distress” she has caused survivors. The statement came after Jesse Norman, the shadow commons leader, said his opposite number had… Read more »
Nigel Farage’s comments about what he called “behavioural disabilities” will have “sent a shiver down the spines of so many parents”, the education secretary has said. Bridget Phillipson rubbished the comments issued by the Reform UK leader as “completely irresponsible” and “totally wrong”. Speaking in House of Commons, chair of the education select committee Helen… Read more »
