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DDU welcomes GDC plans to extend fitness to practise pilot

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 »

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Majority of PCCs Supportive of Shooting, says BASC

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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Tories in by-election success
Tories win council seat from Labour

The Tories have won a seat in Sunderland council from Labour, challenging Gordon Brown’s comfortable poll lead. Council by-elections yesterday saw a swing to the Conservatives across the country, although Labour only lost one seat. The Conservatives won Sunderland’s Washington East seat with a swing of 3.7 per cent from Labour. By-elections for Kent county… Read more »

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Harman fuels election rumors with a rallying speech at the end of the Labour conference today.
Harman tells delegates Labour can win a fourth term

She may have stopped short of telling Labour delegates to go back to the constituency and prepare for government, but Harriet Harman today did little to dampen election fever. Rumours of an autumn poll have dominated this week’s Labour party conference in Bournemouth, with only Gordon Brown remaining tight lipped on the subject. In her… Read more »