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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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A former soldier has won his case to be awarded a Ministry of Defence (MoD) disability pension for Gulf War Syndrome (GWS). The Pensions Appeal Tribunal said GWS was an “umbrella” term that could be used to describe the distinct set of symptoms suffered by Daniel Martin, 35, of Luton. The former guardsman, who says… Read more »
The government must learn from the “painful experience” of foot and mouth to ensure taxpayers do not bear the cost of an outbreak of bird flu, MPs warn today. A report from the public accounts committee says there was a “prodigious waste of taxpayers’ money” involved in tackling the foot and mouth crisis in 2001…. Read more »
