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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling on the newly appointed Health and Social Care Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, to make support for exhausted doctors and regulatory reform the top healthcare priorities for the government. During the Conservative party conference, the MDU published its medico-legal government agenda which outlines three key priorities. They are: Support an… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has donated £15,000 to the Wiltshire-based Great Bustard Group to further its work in re-establishing the species into the wild. The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of re-establishing the Great Bustard as a self-sustaining species on Salisbury Plain. … Read more »
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Big Issue founder John Bird, Baron Bird says that thousands could be at risk of homelessness thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Courts in England and Wales are hearing rent eviction cases. Homeless charity Shelter estimates that 240 thousand private tenants have fallen into arrears during the coronavirus pandemic. Baron Bird said: “We are about to… Read more »
Prison reform campaigners have criticised the government’s new prison sentencing plans. The plans, outlined in the white paper A Smarter Approach to Sentencing, include ending automatic early release for perpetrators of serious crimes and doubling the sentence for people who assault emergency workers. But Frances Crook, CEO of the Howard League for Penal Reform,… Read more »
