Constitutional Reform
Yesterday, the Government published its long-awaited proposals on reforming the Human Rights Act. If passed into law, these reforms will have a devastating impact on the fundamental rights of humanists. The Government has announced it wants to reform section 3 of the Act to severely curtail the ability of public authorities and the courts to ‘read… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling for doctors to be safeguarded from the risks of suffering a ‘moral injury’ caused by not being able to provide optimum patient care during the ongoing health crisis. The MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, made the call in response to today’s publication of the GMC’s state of… Read more »
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The leader of the Welsh Conservatives has paid back the public money he used to by an iPod and made a donation to charity. But Nick Bourne and his Tory colleague Alun Cairns – who also had to pay back public money – both insisted they had not broken any rules. “Although the purchase of… Read more »
Parliament is in recess for the duration of the festive season but it returns half way through January. The length of the Christmas break caused a little controversy in the House as it was winding down, with parliament’s only UKIP MP, Bob Spink, tabling a motion calling for it to be shorter. It read: “That… Read more »
