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Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU Responding to the publication of a government consultation on limiting claimant’s legal fees for cases valued up to £25,000, John Makin, head of the DDU, said: “This consultation has been a long time coming and is a welcome first step. However, for a… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Mr Jerard Ross as head of Scottish affairs to champion the interests of the MDU’s growing number of members in Scotland. Over the last four years Scottish membership has grown almost 30%, according to the MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation. Jerard, who has worked at the… Read more »
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Priti Patel, in setting out her New Plan for Immigration this week, said that our European neighbours need to do more to deal with asylum seekers and that, with them, we have a ‘collective responsibility’. If we look at European countries taking asylum seekers as a league table, we come middle to bottom. The UK… Read more »
The economic damage started as soon as the Japanese-owned cargo ship Ever Given became stranded sideways in the Suez Canal on Tuesday. Every day it stays stuck there, around £7bn of goods are held up by ships unable to use the shortcut, working out to £290m an hour. But let’s face it: most people aren’t… Read more »
