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Prestigious royal award for MDU employee training programme

The excellence of the Medical Defence Union’s training for its membership team has once more been recognised by HRH the Princess Royal. The City and Guilds group has awarded the Medical Defence Union (MDU) with a Princess Royal Training award for its membership induction programme. This is the ninth year of the awards and the… Read more »

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BASC welcomes deer pilot scheme in Scotland, but more is required

BASC has welcomed the announcement today from NatureScot regarding the launch of two pilot schemes in Scotland aimed at deer managers, but has urged the Scottish government to do more to incentivise the sector. In response to the announcement, BASC Scotland director Peter Clark said: “BASC welcomes this pilot scheme, which our organisation has been… Read more »

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Transport mismanagement ‘one of the worst seen’

The government is being lambasted for “stupendous incompetence” today following a catastrophic Department of Transport (DfT) project. The DfT shared service plan was labelled “one of the worst cases of project management seen” by the public accounts committee. “Here’s yet another government Holy Grail which has so far failed to bring any benefit,” said Liberal… Read more »

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Statistics were 'selective'
Home secretary apologises over knife stat fiasco

Home secretary Jacqui Smith has apologised over the early release of knife crime statistics. The statistics – which showed improvement on knife crime – came under intense scrutiny after Sir Michael Scholar, head of the UK Statistics Authority, said they were “selective”. Today, Ms Smith told MPs the government had been “too quick off the… Read more »