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Today the GMC has issued a formal apology for taking regulatory action against a number of doctors because they had convictions based on sexuality. The GMC has said it is ‘truly sorry’ for compounding the harm caused by homophobic laws and attitudes, that were in place into the 1980s and beyond. Reacting to the news, Dr Caroline… Read more »
BASC has welcomed a government decision to launch a public consultation on a proposal to remove sound moderators from firearms licensing controls. Launched today, the Home Office consultation seeks views on proposals to amend the definition of firearm in section 57(1)(d) of the Firearms Act 1968, removing the reference to sound moderators. Currently, sound moderators… Read more »
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By Alex Stevenson An incoming Conservative government would struggle to cope with the need for cooperation on defence issues, Paddy Ashdown has warned. The former Liberal Democrat leader made the comments as his commission on national security, which he co-chaired, published its final report in central London. The IPPR thinktank’s report says the Nato alliance… Read more »
Listen to IPPR’s national security commission co-chair Paddy Ashdown set the geopolitical agenda for the next few decades or so:
