The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has welcomed the extension of a GDC pilot aimed at speeding up the initial inquiries made to assess fitness to practise cases. The pilot, which was announced in September last year and was due to end in April, has now been extended until the end of October after ‘early positive signs’. Of… Read more »
BASC has published the results of its interactions with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) following last week’s elections. In the run up to the poll, BASC wrote to each of the 40 candidates in England and Wales and set up a platform for members to contact their local candidates to find out where they stood… Read more »
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Labour has said that it would offer more help to working parents, with an increase in maternity leave. Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt said today that Labour would offer mothers an extra three months’ paid maternity leave by 2007, with the eventual goal being a year’s paid leave by the end of the next… Read more »
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly is to launch a new offensive against the hardcore of truants that account for the majority of those missing school. Official statistics suggest that 40,000 youngsters have returned to school since 1997, with the Government claiming that this is down to initiatives set up by ministers to tackle the problem. Now,… Read more »
