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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 »
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 government’s plans to deport foreign nationals involved in the promotion of terrorism could be hampered by a new EU directive. Home secretary Charles Clarke intends to begin removal proceedings against as many as ten extremist clerics and supporters of terrorism this week. But the European Commission will bring forward plans on Thursday to bar… Read more »
London mayor Ken Livingstone will face a disciplinary hearing for comparing a Jewish journalist to a Nazi concentration camp guard. The Board of Deputies of British Jews filed a complaint to the Standards Board for England, the local government watchdog, in February after Mr Livingstone compared Evening Standard journalist Oliver Finegold to a Nazi concentration… Read more »
