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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Dr Caroline Fryar as professional services director to lead the team guiding, supporting, and defending healthcare professionals with ethical and medico-legal issues. Dr Fryar has worked at the MDU for seventeen years in various roles, most recently as director of medical services. She was previously a GP. Caroline… Read more »
Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
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The Home Office has ordered an immediate inquiry after police chiefs revealed Britons jailed for serious crimes abroad could have been cleared to work with children in the UK. The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said 25 Britons convicted of rapes abroad had not been put on the sexual offences register, because the Home… Read more »
Bosses who refuse to pay their workers the minimum wage could be fined £200 for each employee they underpay, under a new government crackdown. Trade and industry secretary Alistair Darling said he was determined to ensure workers got the money they were entitled to, and today’s new fine would make that clear. Employers already have… Read more »
