Party Politics
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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By politics.co.uk staff The Labour blogger who launched the party’s manifesto yesterday once called for the prime minister to quit, it has emerged. Ellie Gellard wrote a piece in July 2008 calling for Gordon Brown to step down after the Glasgow East by-election defeat. The piece was uncovered by Tory bloggers after… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The United Kingdom Independence party (Ukip) launched its manifesto today, with promises it will pursue the “edgiest campaign in British political history”. The party adopted a tough stance toward immigration. There were also firm pledges to distance Britain from the European Union (EU). The party would retain economic agreements, but leave the… Read more »
