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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 Peter Wozniak In a last-minute bid to rescue his campaign for the Labour leadership, Ed Balls has disowned the legacy of Gordon Brown. In an interview with the Today programme, the candidate, seen as closest to Mr Brown prior to the election campaign, argued that the former prime minister was obsessed with pandering to… Read more »
By Ian Dunt David Cameron and Harriet Harman have enjoyed a friendly and good-tempered end to their time exchanging insults at the Commons despatch boxes. It was Ms Harman’s final PMQs before the new Labour leader is unveiled at the start of the party conference in Manchester later this month. Ms Harman went beyond common… Read more »
