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The MDU and Armstrong Watson LLP partner to provide tax, accountancy and business advisory services The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with accountancy firm Armstrong Watson LLP to provide MDU members with access to tax, accountancy and business advisory services. As part of the collaboration, MDU members will receive… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has begun work on the UK-leg of a leading international project aiming to track the Eurasian wigeon. Titled Project Penelope, after the wigeon’s Latin name Mareca penelope, the study will follow the species’ flyway with field work carried out across the UK, Denmark and Finland. BASC, in partnership with… Read more »
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Just a quarter of the government’s claimed efficiency savings have been verified by the National Audit Office (NAO), raising questions about the remaining £9.8 billion. The watchdog’s annual report into progress towards the Gershon efficiency savings today finds only £3.5 billion, or 26 per cent, of the £13.3 billion the government claimed to have saved… Read more »
An independent review has concluded that the use of control orders for monitoring terrorism suspects is justified in a small number of cases. The Home Office has published an independent review of terrorism legislation by Lord Carlisle, ahead of Thursday’s Commons’ vote renewing the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Lord Carlile concluded that control orders are… Read more »
