The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has raised concerns about the increased workload and accountability for dentists taking on the supervision of provisionally registered colleagues who qualified overseas. Responding to Department of Health and Social Care provisional registration for overseas-qualified dentists the DDU says it has profound misgivings about whether the system being proposed is workable and practical from a workforce and patient safety… Read more »
A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson New coal-fired power stations form part of Britain’s “low-carbon future”, Ed Miliband told the Commons this lunchtime. His pledge came as he outlined proposals to MPs for the construction of new conventional coal-fired stations, including Kingsnorth. Mr Miliband said permission would be granted on the condition they can be retrofitted with carbon… Read more »
Julian Brazier discuss the Budget’s impact on his constituency, Canterbury and Whitstable:
