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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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The break-in occured after a protest on the day of the spending review
Arrests follow protest break-in at BIS

By politics.co.uk staff Four people have been arrested after breaking into the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. A protest yesterday evening in front of Vince Cable’s department ended in dramatic fashion as protestors broke in to the building on Victoria Street in Westminster. According to police the four arrests were made on three men… Read more »

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The latest offer will have to be approved by BA cabin crew
BA dispute: End in sight?

By Peter Wozniak A new improved offer for British Airways cabin crew is to be put to union members, raising hopes of a settlement to the year-and-a-half dispute. Unite, which represents the cabin crew union BASSA, said the offer would be subjected to members’ scrutiny very shortly. A Unite spokesman said: “The offer is the… Read more »