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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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George Osborne and Alan Johnson’s first clash saw the pair united in a desire to deprecate the same person – the new shadow chancellor. By Alex Stevenson This was the first Treasury questions since the formation of Ed Miliband’s first shadow Cabinet, an event dominated by speculation over who would get the economic portfolio. Would… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Nick Clegg acknowledged Northern Ireland’s reliance on public sector jobs makes it especially vulnerable to spending cuts in a speech in the province last night. The deputy prime minister said the coalition government would not “duck the difficult decisions” by avoiding taking “decisive action to pay down the UK’s towering budget deficit”…. Read more »
