Today the GMC has issued a formal apology for taking regulatory action against a number of doctors because they had convictions based on sexuality. The GMC has said it is ‘truly sorry’ for compounding the harm caused by homophobic laws and attitudes, that were in place into the 1980s and beyond. Reacting to the news, Dr Caroline… Read more »
BASC has welcomed a government decision to launch a public consultation on a proposal to remove sound moderators from firearms licensing controls. Launched today, the Home Office consultation seeks views on proposals to amend the definition of firearm in section 57(1)(d) of the Firearms Act 1968, removing the reference to sound moderators. Currently, sound moderators… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Unsolicited credit card cheques will be banned under a new white paper released today. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) also included measures to reform store cards. The plans are intended to tackle Britains’ personal debt problem. However, widespread bans are not expected. The Department said “the importance of choice… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The government has come under pressure to explain what it will do about the pensions deficit at Royal Mail after privatisation plans came through. It had planned to pay off the fund’s £8 billion deficit as part of the part-privatisation deal, but the death of the proposals has put a spanner in… Read more »
