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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Yobs and hooligans must be made to once more “fear the police” if the nation’s growing problem with teenage violence is to be tackled, Conservative leader Michael Howard said today. He promised to put more police on the streets and reduce the amount of paperwork they have to fill out as part of a five-point… Read more »
An influential committee of MPs is warning that prison education is “unacceptable” and is not helping to reduce re-offending levels. In a report published today, the House of Commons Education and Skills committee finds that half of prison inmates lack the skills to do 96 per cent of jobs when released. It also finds that… Read more »
