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Responding to today’s announcement that the GMC is seeking views on a revised version of Good medical practice, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that it will be scrutinising the significant changes being proposed. The MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, explained that regulations must be compatible with the realities of doctors’ working lives and… Read more »
BASC, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation, has expelled for life a member convicted of wildlife crime and firearms offences. Expulsion from BASC involves the loss of shooting insurance, on which the ability to shoot may depend, and other benefits of membership. The member from Nottinghamshire pleaded guilty to unlawfully trapping and beating to… Read more »
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The government pledged yesterday that no more funding will be diverted from good causes to the 2012 Olympics. The commitment was made by culture, media and sport secretary James Purnell as MPs voted to transfer £1.1 billion from the National Lottery to the London Olympic project. This funding includes the £410 million of Lottery money… Read more »
The government’s wish to see more charities providing services could be undermined by a complicated funding system. The National Audit Office (NAO) found funding processes for large charities are unnecessarily complicated and offer poor value for money. In a report published today, the NAO found large charities received funding from multiple public bodies, but few… Read more »
