The announcement that the new T Level responsible for educating future gamekeepers and land managers has been paused to reassess its specialist course structure has been warmly welcomed by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The new course, Habitat management (land and water), has been earmarked to replace the current land & wildlife… Read more »
Plans to limit legal fees in dental claims a welcome first step says DDU Responding to the publication of a government consultation on limiting claimant’s legal fees for cases valued up to £25,000, John Makin, head of the DDU, said: “This consultation has been a long time coming and is a welcome first step. However, for a… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson The government’s response to the swine flu threat has been “under-prepared” and “disappointing”, peers have said. The Lords’ science and technology committee says the Department of Health (DoH) is struggling in a number of ways in the face of the pandemic. It says there are “significant concerns” about delays to the national… Read more »
By Gabriel Huntley Fully tackling corruption will need a much stronger bribery bill than the one currently proposed by government, MPs and peers have warned. The draft bribery bill, currently undergoing scrutiny before it is formally introduced to parliament, aims to repeal archaic and unclear laws and replace them with new offences to prevent bribery… Read more »
