Today, Karen Danson, a staff nurse at Darlington Memorial Hospital, has given powerful and deeply personal witness testimony as part of an Employment Tribunal case against County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.
Read moreThe Court of Appeal has granted permission for a coalition of Christian schools, parents, and pupils to challenge the UK government’s controversial decision to impose VAT on private school fees, a policy that has already led to closures and widespread disruption across the independent education sector.
Read moreNext week, the Darlington nurses’ extraordinary legal case and journey, which has seen them meet with health secretary, Wes Streeting and Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, be compared to the Ford Dagenham women, and secure public backing from J.K. Rowling, is set to be heard. (see notes to editors for timeline of the case.)
Read moreFour Darlington nurses, already at the centre of a high-profile employment tribunal which begins this month, are now facing professional misconduct investigations, after four complaints made by members of the public to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Read moreSimon Pearson, the Christian teacher dismissed from Preston College for expressing concerns about violent crime and two-tier policing, has today spoken publicly at a Reform UK party free speech conference.
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