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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 »
During levelling up questions, Labour MP for Liverpool, Wavertree Paula Barker called on the government to ‘stop the spin on local government finance and genuinely improve council spending powers’. She quoted the secretary of state Michael Gove that “leaving free market forces entirely to themselves, what you see is inequality”. The levelling up minister Kemi… Read more »
During questions to the communities minister, Labour MP Afzal Khan suggested to the communities minister Kemi Baddenoch that the government had failed to “take tangible action” on Islamophobia. Khan also called on the government to start tackling the issue with a “truly independent investigation into the Conservative Party”. Baddenoch told the House that the government… Read more »
