

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 »
A No 10 spokesperson has denied Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg’s recent claims that elements of the Covid restrictions were “inhumane”. “I think at all times the government took action to save both lives and livelihoods and that was always a balanced judgement that sought to be informed by the latest evidence we had,” he… Read more »
A government minister has said this morning that the prime minister should not resign if he is issued a fine for attending lockdown-defying gatherings. His remarks come after last night’s reports from the Guardian newspaper, that fixed penalty notices have been issued to staff who attended a Downing Street party on the eve of Prince… Read more »