Poverty
A new multi-level regression and post-stratification (MRP) poll of 7,000 British adults has shown that in every constituency bar one, most people support legalising assisted dying for the terminally ill and incurably suffering. Humanists UK commissioned the poll from Electoral Calculus, and is releasing it to coincide with Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill…. Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is delighted to announce it’s sponsorship of the upcoming NHS Parliamentary Awards ceremony which will be held in Westminster on Monday 14 October 2024. The NHS Parliamentary Awards were created in 2018 for health and care organisations as well as MPs to celebrate and recognise the outstanding achievements of staff, volunteers and others working… Read more »
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Labour and the Conservatives are going toe-to-toe over the government record on poverty today, after shadow chancellor George Osborne claimed the Conservatives are better placed to address poverty. In a speech later today to the thinktank Demos, Mr Osborne will argue that the number of people in severe poverty has increased by 900,000 since Labour… Read more »
Britain’s “broken society” is one where “fairness is in danger of being forgotten”, Chris Grayling has warned. The shadow work and pensions secretary’s comments came as he unveiled plans to heal the “vast social divide” he says is blighting the country’s biggest cities. Speaking in Liverpool after a visit to an inner city housing estate… Read more »
