Constitutional Reform
After a successful campaign to improve the safe space provisions in the Health and Care Bill, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) explains why this is a step forward for patient safety. Following its return from the House of Lords to the House of Commons this week, both chambers have now agreed that coroners should not routinely… Read more »
Research by new longevity think tank Phoenix Insights reveals millions at risk of struggling later in life without fresh interventions Data from inaugural Longer Lives Index finds over 10 million people fear their ability to stay in work up to retirement 7 million people expect to rely significantly on money from friends and family in… Read more »
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By Liz Stephens David Cameron is rumoured to be planning significant salary cuts for ministers if his party win the next election. Senior Tory sources told The Guardian the cuts may be as high as 25 per cent – which would cost senior figures nearly £20,000 a year. The salary cuts are part of a… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Alan Duncan has unreservedly apologised for saying MPs were being forced to live on “rations” since the expenses scandal. The comments were caught on a secretly recorded video by activist group Don’t Panic. The group had previously dug a pound sign into the shadow leader of the House’s garden, at which point… Read more »