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Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU Responding to the publication of a government consultation on limiting claimant’s legal fees for cases valued up to £25,000, John Makin, head of the DDU, said: “This consultation has been a long time coming and is a welcome first step. However, for a… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Mr Jerard Ross as head of Scottish affairs to champion the interests of the MDU’s growing number of members in Scotland. Over the last four years Scottish membership has grown almost 30%, according to the MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation. Jerard, who has worked at the… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Brian Paddick has accused the Home Office of involvement in earlier failed investigations of disgraced Metropolitan police commander Ali Dizaei. The former London mayoral candidate, himself an ex-deputy assistant commissioner of the Met, said Dizaei’s four-year jail sentence yesterday had damaged racial relations in Britain’s police forces. He suggested the wave of… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrats have outlined their proposals to swap the ID cards scheme with 3,000 more police officers. Leader Nick Clegg said it was “time for things to change” as only one in 100 crimes end up with a conviction in court. By using the money saved from scrapping ID cards, his… Read more »
