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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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Harry Potter author JK Rowling has donated £1 million to the Labour party. She said her donation was motivated by the party’s record on child poverty and criticised the Conservative’s plans to provide tax breaks for married couples. The financial gift will come as a major boost to prime minister Gordon Brown ahead of the… Read more »
The Labour conference begins today following fierce speculation about Gordon Brown’s future as party leader. Three large protests against Labour (Iraq, public sector and postal workers) will hit Manchester while delegates congregate in the secure zone, and an alternate far-left conference is taking place down the road, tempting veteran Labour left-wingers like Tony Benn and… Read more »
