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A change in social security policy to reduce the anxiety and stress associated with the current UK Government disability payments process has been given strong public support in Scotland.

Currently, unless a medical professional signs a form saying the person has six months or less to live, claimants are forced through a laborious process of form-filling, interviews and assessments.

New research for the Electoral Commission has dealt a fresh blow to the government’s case for mandatory voter ID, says the Electoral Reform Society. 

The US Department of Health and Human Services has  issued a final rule which aims to dramatically expand the ability of health care institutions and workers to refuse to provide medical services if they have a moral or religious objection.