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6 in 10 workers still haven’t received GDPR training

6 in 10 workers still haven’t received GDPR training despite looming deadline, according to new figures Almost half employees also said they didn’t think firm’s data was secure in time for deadline. A new study released today has found that 43% of UK office workers still believe there is data in their organisation that isn’t secure, with 6 out of 10 (59%) office workers admitting they haven’t been given training on how to deal with the new GDPR regulations. Office...

Corbyn says GPs are “leaving the profession in despair” & workforce falling 50% in most deprived areas

During yesterday’s PMQs Jeremy Corbyn highlighted the amount of family doctors who are leaving the profession. Worryingly he said that these essential medical staff are “leaving the profession in despair” at the pressures of the profession. Mr Corbyn said that four thousand GPs “have retired early in the past five years – that’s one in ten.” Alongside this large reduction in GP numbers, a survey also reported that almost 17 per cent of GPs have had to turn down patients...

Rees Mogg says MPs should respect their constituents’ vote on Brexit 

Jacob Rees Mogg has told his fellow MPs to respect their constituents' vote on Brexit, despite his area of Bath and North East Somerset voting overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union. The outspoken MP says the Conservative Central Office has launched "an effective campaign to hold to account MPs whose constituents voted leave but seek to stop Brexit". But he made no account of any action against MPs whose constituents voted remain but are pushing for a hard split...

“NHS has been chronically short changed by Conservatives”

The Institute for Fiscal Studies and Health Foundation said the NHS would need an extra 4% a year - or £2,000 per UK household - for the next 15 years. The report said the NHS has been struggling to cope after the toughest financial constraints in its 70-year history had been imposed on the service. Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which commissioned the report and represents 85% of NHS bodies, said: “This report is a wake-up call. And its...

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