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Responding to today’s publication by the GMC of its report in to doctors who have died while under investigation or during a period of monitoring, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that lessons must be learned, and improvements made. The report reveals that between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2020, of the 29 doctors who sadly… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will not accept “rewarding failure” in the upcoming review of firearms licensing fees in England, Scotland and Wales. The review has been launched by the Home Office. A Fees Working Group, which includes representatives from BASC and the British Shooting Sports Council, has been set up. Its… Read more »
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A civil servant at the Home Office has been suspended after information on the foreign prisoners row was apparently withheld from the home secretary. John Reid yesterday told the home affairs select committee that of the 1,019 foreign prisoners released without being considered for deportation, four murderers and 23 other serious offenders were now in… Read more »
The home secretary has today rejected claims that immigration minister Tony McNulty was sacked because of a series of blunders in his department. John Reid said the minister, who is now in charge of policing, had been “a stalwart” over the past few weeks, in which the immigration and nationality directorate (IND) was hit by… Read more »
