Understanding embryo testing

Following the revelation by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) earlier this year that at least one so-called ‘three parent baby’ had been born in the UK, the debate about ‘designer babies’ rumbles on, and a specialist fertility consultant at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) has said she is concerned by public perception about the difference between the contentious practice of gene editing and the relatively uncontroversial process of healthy embryo selection.

Autumn Budget 2024 – What tax measures can the UK expect?

A month on from the Prime Minister’s warning that the first budget of the new Labour government on 30th October would be “painful”, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, signalled at the party conference that it would be a budget with ambition and for growth.

Sir Keir Starmer also reiterated last month that the government's number one priority is economic growth and that “all decisions will be made against that objective.”