Constitutional Reform
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with the Confidential Reporting System for Surgery (CORESS) an independent charity which promotes safety in surgical practice in the NHS and the private sector. Founded in 2005, CORESS receives confidential incident reports from surgeons and theatre staff. These confidential… Read more »
More than 2,000 schoolchildren were treated to an upland educational experience during this year’s Let’s Learn Moor events. Talks and interactive presentations were provided by those who live and work in the uplands including gamekeepers, farmers, conservationists, local organisations and the emergency services. Now in its fifth year the project continues to offer local schools… Read more »
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MPs have today agreed to a police request not to interview key witnesses in their investigations into the loans for peerages row. The decision by the public administration committee comes after Scotland Yard warned such a move could prejudice the criminal inquiry into whether political parties have offered honours in return for loans, or for… Read more »
Civil servants should be made accountable for their decisions under a radical programme of reform, a left-leaning think tank argues today. The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) says the current code of ministerial responsibility, where the secretary of state or junior minister takes responsibility for every decision in their department, is not conducive to… Read more »
