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Continued from page 1 announced in February 2007 that no further action would be taken against Dr Martin.

Inquests took place earlier this year into the deaths of the three men whom Dr Martin was accused of killing, but the coroner insisted he was “not on trial”. They ended with one verdict of misadventure and two open verdicts. The coroner claimed that the drugs given to two of the men were not “clinically justified”.

A disciplinary hearing, which started in May and ended last Friday, heard that Dr Martin was “arrogant and single-minded” as well as “reckless”, and concluded that the injections given to 18 patients “hastened their death, thereby removing their fundamental right to life”.

His actions were said to be “extremely serious and widespread”, while he had an “autocratic” attitude and “exploited his position”.

Dr Martin, of Penmaenmawr, near Conwy, north Wales, disclosed further details of his actions and the philosophy he says guided him towards making patients “comfortable in their need”.

He denied GMC accusations of arrogance and said he resented having been judged “by people who don’t have to take the responsibility that I’ve had to take”. The GP also

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Dr Howard Martin said he acted out of ‘Christian compassion’

insisted that he had a reputation for being “a good and a caring doctor”.

Dr Martin maintained that in the front line of medicine doctors were frequently being called upon to make decisions that were beyond the remit of official guidance.

“It is not illegal any more for someone to take their own life, but it’s against the law to aid somebody. You see someone in pain and you’re not allowed to help them. That’s terrible. As a GP I had

8,500 people to look after and I used to go four or five times a day to the dying patients. I’d give up my lunch hour and spare time to do it, because I knew I had a suffering patient who needed to stay at home. I made that possible for them.

“That’s all I am willing to admit to, apart from those two occasions. It’s not playing God to tend to people’s need with compassion and to let them have dignity.’’ Dr Martin added: “I’m not going to live in fear for doing my job.”

By Rosa Prince Political Correspondent MORE than two million middle-class families will lose their entitlement to child tax credits worth hundreds of pounds a year after Nick Clegg said they did not “need” the benefit.

The Deputy Prime Minister signalled that the move would form part of this week’s emergency Budget, insisting it was not “unreasonable” to expect the middle classes to make sacrifices.

Currently, parents can claim child tax credit if they earn up to £58,000, or £66,000 if the child is under the age of one.

The less they earn, the more they can claim, with payments potentially worth up to £2,850 a year for a child.

However The Telegraph understands that the Government is considering restricting the benefit to parents with a combined income of no more than £30,000, or possibly as low as £25,000.

Lowering the income limit to £30,000 would mean that 2.1million families currently entitled to claim credits would no longer be able to do so.

The benefit was one of

Gordon Brown’s principal policies as Chancellor, and 90 per cent of families currently have some entitlement at a cost of £20.7billion a year. With the Coalition under pressure to cut billions of pounds from public spending to reduce the £155billion budget deficit, Mr Clegg made clear that middle earners should not expect this to continue.

The Government has already announced that it will axe child trust funds of more than £500 per child, to which all families had been entitled.

Typically, a family with three children earning £25,000 is currently eligible for £92 a week under the scheme.

A family with three children and an income of £50,000 can receive £10 a week.

Coalition ministers believe that, under Labour, benefits ceased to be a safety net for the worst off, and began to include growing numbers of the middle class.

In a speech at the children’s charity Barnardo’s last week, Mr Clegg said the current child tax credit scheme was “madness”.

“Crucially, we need to reverse the trend of making families ever more dependent on the state,” he said.

“The previous government believed social change must always be driven from the centre. But that’s government at its worst – insecure government, government that creates needy families.”

He continued: “That’s why this Government is going to raise the income tax personal allowance so that families can keep more of the money they earn.”

The Conservatives fought last month’s election on a pledge to restrict tax credits to households earning under £50,000, while the Liberal Democrats wanted them limited to those on less than £25,000.

Under the Liberal Democrat plan, families would be partly compensated by a rise in the rate at which income tax begins to be paid, to £10,000.

It is understood that the Budget will contain plans both to raise the income tax threshold and to restrict child tax credits.

Nearly seven million families are entitled to child tax credits at present, although one in five does not claim them.

By Rosa Prince MILLIONS of public sector workers are facing a steep rise in their pension contributions in order to help pay down Britain’s record deficit.

Nurses, teachers, council workers, civil servants and police officers will be expected to pay hundreds or even thousands of pounds more each year into their pension pots, as the era of early retirement on generous payments is brought to an end.

A new Government commission, led by John Hutton, the former Labour defence secretary, could recommend that public sector staff begin paying more towards their retirement as early as next spring. The move would save taxpayers billions of pounds a year.

George Osborne, the Chancellor, on Sunday said that the disparity between public and private sector pensions was “unsustainable” when the country was entering an age of austerity. Britain was heading down “the road to ruin” without urgent action to cut the national debt, he said. Mr Hutton is to examine how to bring state employee pensions in line with the private sector. The Chancellor also hinted that a freeze in public sector pay, to be announced in this week’s emergency Budget, could last for more than the year that had been expected.

His approach risks a confrontation with trade unions, who on Sunday night warned of industrial action if public sector staff were forced to bear the brunt of Government spending cuts. Mr Osborne also risked a rift within the new Coalition, as Liberal Democrat backbenchers said that they could not support cuts to welfare budgets.

Bob Russell, the Lib Dem MP for Colchester, said: “Just because my party has formed a coalition with the Conservatives does not mean that my conscience and principles can be parked elsewhere.”

But Mr Osborne insisted that without drastic action Britain could end up in a situation similar to Greece.

“What we’re clear about is that all parts of society are going to have to make a contribution,” he said.

“The public sector pension bill is unsustainable. We want to balance the entirely legitimate desire of people in the public sector to have a decent retirement, which I want to protect, but also something that’s fair for taxpayers across the economy.”