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The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with independent charity Doctors in Distress to provide MDU members with access to health and wellbeing services to support positive mental health. The partnership, launched today (13th November) to coincide with World Kindness Day, focuses on two initiatives. The… Read more »
Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »
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Gordon Brown will meet with the Dalai Lama when he visits London later this year. It had been expected the prime minister would not receive the exiled Tibetan leader when he visits Britain in May. But Mr Brown told MPs today he would meet with the Dalai Lama, saying it was “important that we all… Read more »
Foreign secretary David Miliband has said he does not support an Olympic boycott despite calls from activists protesting against the Beijing Games. Several high-profile figures including Steven Spielberg have already withdrawn their support for the 2008 Olympics in China over the country’s role in Sudan, while Reporters Without Borders has highlighted the issue of civil… Read more »
