Constitutional Reform
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Mr Jerard Ross as head of Scottish affairs to champion the interests of the MDU’s growing number of members in Scotland. Over the last four years Scottish membership has grown almost 30%, according to the MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation. Jerard, who has worked at the… Read more »
The three winners of the 2021 BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting Awards have been announced. For the second year, the awards were split into three categories: Target Shooting, Game and Gamekeeping, and Field to Fork. More than 100 nominations were received. Laura Boswell, from Northamptonshire, took the Target Shooting category, Zoe Roper-Smith, from Norfolk, the… Read more »
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The newly formed Ministry of Justice came into being today, assuming control for prisons and probation from a Home Office split amid claims it was “not fit for purpose”. Lord Falconer, who will lead the ministry, will immediately be faced with an emerging prison crisis, after the prison population reached 80,674 this week – 400… Read more »
MPs have criticised the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) “costly and inefficient” use of office space. A report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) called on the department to offer better value for tax payers’ money, after finding that money appeared to be wasted on expensive office facilities. The cost of accommodating each… Read more »
