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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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Alistair Darling says MPs will have to wait until this autumn before finding out whether the £2.7 billion stimulus package will be repeated in 2009. The chancellor announced the package, which increased the personal allowance of basic rate taxpayers by £600, last month. He had been forced to back down over the need for compensation… Read more »
Alistair Darling attempted to draw a line under the 10p controversy today by announcing a series of financial packages intended to help those affected by income tax rate changes. Speaking confidently in a packed House of Commons, Mr Darling said tax credits would fully compensate 80 per cent of those affected while the 20 per… Read more »
