Local Government
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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It might seem like there is nothing much glamorous in the relationship between central government and local government. But the unfair grip of Whitehall on the levers of power really matters.
Local authorities could be on the brink of a revolution freeing them from subservience to Whitehall, the leader of Manchester city council Sir Richard Leese has claimed.
