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MDU reveals over 99% of requests for help with medico-legal cases are supported Leading not for profit indemnifier, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) revealed today that almost all the requests it receives from its healthcare professional members for help with medico-legal issues are supported. The MDU provides full assistance, which can include legal defence and… Read more »
BASC will use its Fighting Fund to back heather burning after Wild Justice announced the launch of its latest legal challenge. Wild Justice – run by Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery – is seeking a judicial review to challenge regulations governing the burning of heather, rough grass, bracken and gorse on peat deeper… Read more »
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Nearly 800,000 Eastern European immigrants have applied to work in Britain since eight ex-Soviet countries joined the European Union (EU) in 2004, government figures show. The applications for work permits do not include the self-employed or those from Romania and Bulgaria, who joined the EU last year. Since Poland and seven other East European countries… Read more »
A government minister has insisted he was facing up to the “elephant in the room” when he raised concerns about health defects related to cousin marriage. But critics have called for Phil Woolas to resign as environment minister, insisting his comments “verged on Islamophobia”. Mr Woolas, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, used an interview… Read more »
