Inflation
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 chancellor Gordon Brown is facing a vote of no confidence over his decision to scrap the tax relief on pension funds in 1997. The Conservatives have tabled the motion as part of an opposition day debate on pensions and argue the highly unusual move is necessary to “call Mr Brown to account” over his… Read more »
The cost of living has risen by three per cent, the highest level since records began ten years ago, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. The increase in consumer price index (CPI) inflation has been largely driven by higher fuel costs, partly due to the chancellor’s fuel duty hike on December… Read more »
