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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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The government has today unveiled a radical shake-up of the pensions system, with an increase in the retirement age and new ways to make people save for their old age. Tony Blair said the pensions white paper would create “something that lasts not just for this generation, but for generations to come”, and insisted it… Read more »
Nearly 1,500 people have been falsely accused of being criminals by the criminal records bureau (CRB), it has emerged. The mistakes by the Home Office resulted in many people being turned down for jobs or places at university because of the errors. The government said the mistakes were regrettable but said it made “no apology… Read more »