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 delegates are leaving Manchester today with a spring in their step, after a conference that most agreed had put the party back on course. After weeks of back-stabbing, dismal polls and speculation about the prime minister’s future, fighting talk from Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, John Prescott and others sent them off to campaign for… Read more »
Defence secretary Des Browne has called on Nato to provide more troops to support the military action in Afghanistan. Speaking from Slovenia, where he will soon meet with defence ministers from other countries to discuss the situation, Mr Browne praised the work of the international community so far. However, he stressed that Britain’s allies must… Read more »
