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MDU offers free membership for doctors fleeing war in the Ukraine

The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, announced today it will be offering to waive the first year of membership subscriptions for doctors who are fleeing the Ukraine or other conflict zones and are looking to resume practice in NHS roles. This follows news that the GMC is planning to fast track… Read more »

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Welsh conservation efforts set back by NRW red tape

BASC has described a decision by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to restrict the ability of conservationists and wildlife managers to control magpies, jays and jackdaws as a retrograde blow for conservation. From July 1, those who wish to control magpies, jays and jackdaws to protect species of conservation concern must now apply for a specific… Read more »

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Lib Dem leader Menzies Campbell has unveiled a cash incentive to improve diversity in his party
Lib Dems back diversity drive

The Liberal Democrat conference has today supported tough new action to improve the party’s representation among women and ethnic minorities. Delegates in Brighton voted overwhelmingly to back a motion put by the Lib Dem leadership for extra funds to support ethnic minority and female candidates, and to consider diversity when deciding which seats to target… Read more »

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Menzies Campbell's tax policies could be rejected by his party this week
Campbell dismisses prospect of ‘high noon”‘conference

Menzies Campbell has played down the threat of a potential “high noon” confrontation with activists over tax policies at the Liberal Democrat conference this week. The party leader told reporter Andrew Marr in a BBC interview that “you’ve seen Gary Cooper in high noon too often”. “You want to have crises. You want to have… Read more »