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The overwhelming majority (80%) of respondents use social media, with 78% using it at least once a day, according to new research undertaken by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The survey of 1,797 MDU members also revealed that the most popular channels were Facebook which is used by 75% followed by Instagram and YouTube which are… Read more »
The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »
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Opposition parties and pressure groups have lambasted suggestions from Labour MP Mary Creagh that parents should be forced to inoculate their children. Ms Creagh wrote in the Fabian Society magazine that pupils who had not had the controversial MMR vaccine should be prevented from starting school. But Stuart Jeffery, Green party health spokesman, described the… Read more »
Disadvantaged young people are suffering under endemic levels of debt, a report has found. Rainer, a national charity for under-supported young people, found nearly half of those aged 18 to 24 it surveyed owed over £2,000 and one in five owed over £10,000. Its report concludes poverty and a lack of financial skills are the… Read more »