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The results of the 2022 Scottish Census have just been published, and for the first time, when asked about religion most people ticked ‘None’. 51.1% ticked the option, up from 36.7% in 2011. Humanists UK has welcomed the figures, which reflects the wider trend across the UK. The latest Census in England showed for the first… Read more »
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has raised concerns about the increased workload and accountability for dentists taking on the supervision of provisionally registered colleagues who qualified overseas. Responding to Department of Health and Social Care provisional registration for overseas-qualified dentists the DDU says it has profound misgivings about whether the system being proposed is workable and practical from a workforce and patient safety… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Members of the public could block council tax increases under proposals unveiled by the coalition government. A consultation published by the Department for Communities and Local Government today outlines plans to hand capping powers on council tax, currently held by ministers, to local people. If council tax rises hit a pre-determined ceiling,… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Radical innovations from local authorities are needed in the face of a “tsunami of a public sector recession”, a thinktank has said. The New Local Government Network (NLGN) has suggested councils should look at new ways to raise money as capital spending funds from central government, constrained by spending cuts, dry up…. Read more »
