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By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor George Osborne’s brother has been struck off after a two-year relationship with one of his own patients. Dr Adam Osborne had been treating her for anxiety and depression but became embroiled into a sexual relationship. The medical tribunal declared that his behaviour was ‘profoundly unacceptable” and that his fitness to practice was impaired by reason of misconduct. During the hearing it was revealed that Osborne attempted to end the relationship; then the woman involved attempted suicide...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Eleven of the twenty doctors who Jeremy Hunt claimed had signed a letter in support of his junior doctor’s contract decisions…have denied it. In the Commons yesterday Hunt used a letter signed by 20 NHS managers, which he said backed his plans. However, eleven of the people named have said they thought the concessions over the final offer were “fair and reasonable,” but they don’t agree that contracts should be forced upon medics. To add...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The speaker John Bercow has lavished public money on entertaining MPs, himself, but not you. He spent a colossal two grand on beeswax candles, not exactly a necessity. He also splashed out hundreds of quid on photos of him getting his grand piano tuned. Bercow put on sumptuous receptions, lunches and dinners at the cost of the tax payer. A one off meal with an Aussie counterpart came to £1,954. He also has a fondness...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Parliament votes to keep MPs' arrests secret from the public - and just one member voted against Anti-EU Tory Chris Grayling has forced through a rule arguing that releasing the names of MPs who have been incarcerated is a breach of their human rights. Only one MP voted against the new proposal. Currently, the names of members who have be arrested was a public record and the Speaker of the House John Bercow would announce...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Labour party is about to be clobbered with a £8m cut in after an overhaul of electoral funding. This could mean the Conservative party could spend four times as much as the Labour Party in the lead-up to the next election. A shake-up of how union cash is used in the party has been called "cynical" and "partisan" and it could ruin Labour's 2020 election campaign. Tom Watson Labour's deputy leader said that their...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Actor Mark Ruffalo, who recently starred in feature film Spotlight, has told the PM to abandon plans for fracking and to leave fossil fuels in the ground. Ruffalo is a vocal opponent of this method of extraction in the US and told the PM he was making "a legacy mistake" in his championing of the controversial process. His remarks were made in an interview with environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth. Ruffalo said: “Mr...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor & Henry Austin  A former squaddie has slammed the government’s attitude towards benefit claimants after he was left in limbo with his rent before undergoing a number of tests to find out why his is coughing and passing blood on an ever more regular basis. “I have served my country and worked all of my adult life, paying into the system the entire time,” Michael Lynch told The London Economic. “It’s not that I don’t want...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Labour have attacked David Cameron for a "shameless attempt to buy votes" after it is claimed 83 per cent of additional cash set aside for cash strapped councils will go to Conservative authorities.  £300 million of transitional support is being shared out to soften the impact of tough reforms that do away with revenue support grants. Instead greater reliance on local business rates is supposed to plug the hole in finances. However, analysis by Labour has...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The seven day NHS contract on junior doctors will be imposed against their will. Jeremy Hunt brought a close to the "damaging" issue over Saturday pay - the final flash point almost three years ago to the day talks began. NHS chief negotiator Sir David Dalton gave him the green light after a last minute offer to doctors' union the British Medical Association was turned down. Mr Hunt said: "He has asked me to end...