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 Sabine Klensch Nick Clegg and Vince Cable unveiled a five-point plan to end the bonus culture at failing banks this morning. The two men also attacked bank bonuses as being symbolic of the culture of greed and excess that dominated the City. Mr Clegg said his party would regulate against excessive bonuses, so that… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson and Ian Dunt David Cameron’s Conservatives have reached out to the entire country in a manifesto laced with references to “people power”. The Tories launched their manifesto in Battersea this lunchtime, placing the emphasis on taking power away from government in a bid to free up individual creativity. The 130-page document bears… Read more »
