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Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
The Disestablishment of the Church of England Bill had its first reading in the UK Parliament today. The Bill would disestablish the Church of England and remove the automatic right of bishops to sit in the House of Lords. Humanists UK, which campaigns for a secular state, welcomed the introduction of the Bill. The Bill,… Read more »
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Building on the £20 billion already achieved, departments will save a further £30 billion by 2010. This is money available for reinvestment in public services. Departmental spending will rise from £345 billion this year to £397 billion in 2010. Defence An additional £400 million allocated for operations this year. This on top of the increase… Read more »
The chancellor was today accused of stealing the Conservatives clothes after he announced reforms to inheritance tax and non-domicile tax benefits. The Conservatives effectively ended Gordon Brown’s honeymoon period last week, when they announced plans to scrap inheritance tax for all but millionaires. Their resultant leap in the opinion polls was this weekend seen by… Read more »
