Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. A group of finance ministers and central bank govenors from twenty economies: 19 countries plus the Eurozone countries. At their summits the members discuss issues regarding the internation financial system.
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Ian Tomlinson, a London newspaper vendor, died after being hit and shoved by police using “excessive and unreasonable” force as he tried to make his way home from work during the G20 protests in 2009.
THE POLICE OFFICER involved in Ian Tomlinson’s death during the G20 protests in London last year could face charges of gross misconduct. The Met commissioner said the officer in question would face a disciplinary hearing after the force had received an incident report into the event.
Tomlinson’s family have called for the officer to face his disciplinary hearing in public.
Last week, the director of the Crown Prosecution Service, Keir Starmer, said that conflicting medical evidence prevented his office from taking proceedings for Tomlinson’s death. Tomlinson’s family reacted angrily to the news, and said they would not “give up on justice.”
His widow, Julia Tomlinson said: “We don’t see how Ian can die moments after being assaulted by the police officer and he isn’t made to face a jury.”
The Guardian posted this footage of Tomlinson being knocked to the ground by a Scotland Yard riot officer:
Tomlinson died on a street in London minutes after being knocked to the ground by the officer. Keir Starmer said that he had not posed a threat to any officer when he was struck down.
UK RIOT POLICE who knocked Ian Tomlison to the ground minutes before his death will not face charges. The director of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Keir Starmer, said there was no realistic prospect of a conviction for Mr Tomlinson’s death.
A Scotland Yard riot officer was filmed pushing Mr Tomlinson, 47, to the ground as he walked past during the G20 protests in London in 2009.
The Guardian found this footage of the incident:
Mr Starmer said today that there was sufficient evidence to “provide a realistic prospect of proving the actions of the officer constituted assault”.
“At the time of those acts, Mr Tomlinson did not pose a threat to that officer or to any other police officer,” he said.
On the back of this, the most serious charge considered by the CPS was “unlawful act manslaughter”, which would require the prosecution to prove a causal link between the officer’s action and Mr Tomlinson’s death.
However, Mr Starmer said there was fundamental disagreement between medical experts concerning the cause of death.
SIXTY-EIGHT PER cent of patients are unaware that they can officially complain about their hospital stay.
An Irish Society for Quality and Safety in Healthcare survey revealed that although 93 per cent of the patients surveyed were satisfied with the service they received, one in every five wanted to discuss an area of dissatisfaction but a third felt they never had the opportunity to do so.
The aspects of care that patients were most dissatisfied with included emergency department conditions and waiting times and lack of information about hospital routines, tests, medication side effects and after-care.
So today we want to know: Have you ever lodged a complaint about a hospital?
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