Constitutional Reform
Tax rise payments from over 8 million people needed to fund NHS litigation An influential parliamentary committee has been warned by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) that the Health and Social Care Levy of 1.25% could be swallowed up by the amounts being paid out each year in NHS clinical negligence claims. In evidence to… Read more »
Plans to allow doctors to help terminally ill adults end their lives moved closer to becoming law today, after a new Assisted Dying Bill passed its second reading in the House of Lords. Humanists UK, which campaigns to legalise assisted dying for both the terminally ill and incurably suffering, has praised today’s debate for its… Read more »
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The Commons last night backed the controversial EU treaty by a majority of 130 MPs. After five hours of debate, MPs voted 362-224 in favour of the European Union (amendment) bill, with the government comfortably securing the second reading. Some 19 Labour rebels voted against the government, portraying a more conciliatory backbench than last year,… Read more »
Whitehall staff have been banned from taking laptops containing personal or unencrypted information outside of their government offices. Head of the civil service Sir Gus O’Donnell wrote to all government departments imposing the ban in the light of the latest data loss by the government. Defence secretary Des Browne yesterday confirmed to MPs a laptop… Read more »
