Immigration
Foundation Year 1 members (FY1) of the Medical Defence Union (MDU) have raised over £30,000 which will be divided between the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund and the Doctors’ Support Network, two charities which provide health, wellbeing and financial support to doctors and medical students across the UK. The MDU reduced the first-year subscription from £10 to £5 for… Read more »
Mike Freer, the Minister for Equalities, has confirmed that the Government’s proposed ban on so-called ‘conversion therapy’ will cover both practices that take place in religious settings and those that are carried out by ministers of religion. LGBT Humanists has previously called on the Government to close loopholes in its proposals on religious conversion therapy. Today it has welcomed… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The Home Office stepped up its efforts at keeping unwanted immigrants out of Britain today. New powers removing Europeans who are not working, studying or self-sufficient were introduced meaning those ‘not playing by the rules’ will not be allowed to stay. The deportation threshold for European criminals has been cut from 24… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Non-EU immigrants moving to the UK will have to pay a £50 charge to help sustain local services. Communities secretary Hazel Blears announced the plan this morning, and stressed the £70 million raised would go towards police support and translation services. The charge – which applies to those who come to the… Read more »
