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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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Cabinet Office minister Liam Byrne has said the civil service has improved “radically” in the last decade – but is still “not good enough” at delivering change. His comments about the failings of the government’s bureaucrats came as he gave evidence to the public administration select committee in parliament. Mr Byrne argued government was, on… Read more »
By Jonathan Moore A fifth of council tax, about £4.5 billion per year, is spent on local authority pensions a report revealed today. The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) claimed 3,527 serving councillors benefit from the scheme which equates to an average £9.8 million per council, and that’s excluding teachers and firefighters. The report said this was… Read more »
