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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 Alex Stevenson Labour leadership candidate Diane Abbott has given her support to left-wing diehard Ken Livingstone for the coming London mayoral race. Ms Abbott, the only one of five Labour leadership candidates representing the left wing of the party, was quoted by the MayorWatch blog as saying Mr Livingstone’s “experience and knowledge of London… Read more »
By Ian Dunt David Cameron has defended Nick Clegg from claims he ‘sold out’ when he entered into a coalition with the Conservatives. The prime minister made the comments after a week which saw intense hostility towards the Lib Dems in the Commons and several opinion polls showing the party was losing support. “This is… Read more »
