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Responding to today’s announcement that the GMC is seeking views on a revised version of Good medical practice, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that it will be scrutinising the significant changes being proposed. The MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, explained that regulations must be compatible with the realities of doctors’ working lives and… Read more »
BASC, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation, has expelled for life a member convicted of wildlife crime and firearms offences. Expulsion from BASC involves the loss of shooting insurance, on which the ability to shoot may depend, and other benefits of membership. The member from Nottinghamshire pleaded guilty to unlawfully trapping and beating to… Read more »
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Gordon Brown said he senses the opportunity for closer European relations with the United States in a major foreign policy speech in Boston. The prime minister used the John F Kennedy memorial lecture to outline his vision for reforms to global institutions, but opened with a restatement of the traditional commitment to transatlantic relations. Mr… Read more »
A Boris Johnson mayoralty would see London’s agencies pool their resources to create a single fund tackling the long-term unemployed, it has been announced. The Conservative candidate to take over from Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone in City Hall says the pooled resources would be a more efficient way to improve skills training in London. He… Read more »
