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MDU warns Chancellor clinical negligence system ‘not fit for purpose’

Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) has issued an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging her to take decisive action to tackle the soaring legal costs of clinical negligence claims. In the last year alone, the NHS spent more than £800 million on legal fees relating to clinical negligence… Read more »

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Northern Ireland RE curriculum is ‘indoctrination’ – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education (RE) and collective worship in Northern Ireland are ‘indoctrination’. Alongside mandatory Christian collective worship and a ‘stigmatising’ right of withdrawal, this is therefore discriminatory under human rights law. This ruling will have wide-ranging… Read more »

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Rail fares will be rocketing upwards in 2011
Commuter outrage at rail fare hike

By Alex Stevenson Campaigners have reacted furiously after it was confirmed train fares will increase by an average of 6.2% in January. Seasonal rail tickets will rise by an average of 5.8%, with some areas – notably commuters from Kent – paying over double that amount. It means season ticket prices will break the £5,000… Read more »

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The CBI paints a mixed picture of growth over the next two year
CBI: UK in for ‘bumpy’ 2011

By Peter Wozniak Britain faces a rough economic start to next year, but growth should pick by the end of 2011, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has argued. CBI director-general Richard Lambert used his new year’s message to warn of a “volatile” economic outlook for the first half of the year. He said: “There… Read more »