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The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with independent charity Doctors in Distress to provide MDU members with access to health and wellbeing services to support positive mental health. The partnership, launched today (13th November) to coincide with World Kindness Day, focuses on two initiatives. The… Read more »
Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt There was mixed news when employment figures were released earlier today, with unemployment falling but claimant counts up. Unemployment fell by 8,000 to 2.47 million. The number of people claiming jobseekers’ allowance rose by 2,300. The Office of National Statistics figures, for the three months to July, showed the overall UK unemployment… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff John Bercow has been dragged into the row on cuts to redundancy payments for civil servants. The PCS union says legislation being rushed through in time for autumn job cuts would dramatically reduce redundancy payments. The letter to the Commons Speaker questions the legality of the bill. It takes place against a… Read more »
