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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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Unions have been urged to embrace rather than “push back against the forces of globalisation” by attempting to regulate multi-national companies. Addressing the TUC congress, Richard Lambert, director general of the CBI, said moves for increased taxes and trade restrictions would be “disastrous” for the UK and have serious consequences for growth. Instead, he called… Read more »
Clare Short has hinted at a return to Labour if Gordon Brown succeeds in bringing change to Westminster. A spokesman for the backbench MP confirmed she is considering taking up the Labour whip if the prime minister meets her demands over the Middle East, health and education. Ms Short left the Labour group of MPs… Read more »
