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The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has welcomed the extension of a GDC pilot aimed at speeding up the initial inquiries made to assess fitness to practise cases. The pilot, which was announced in September last year and was due to end in April, has now been extended until the end of October after ‘early positive signs’. Of… Read more »
BASC has published the results of its interactions with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) following last week’s elections. In the run up to the poll, BASC wrote to each of the 40 candidates in England and Wales and set up a platform for members to contact their local candidates to find out where they stood… Read more »
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The prime minister has said he expects Peter Hain to remain in government but accepts the work and pensions secretary’s future lies out of his hands. Gordon Brown said it would be a “great loss” if Mr Hain had to resign from his Cabinet positions over the latest funding row to beset the Labour party…. Read more »
George Osborne was forced to deny wrongdoing this morning after a newspaper claimed he had failed to register nearly £500,000 of donations. The shadow chancellor received £487,000 of income from a “donors wish account” according to the Mail on Sunday. Although all donations “expressly tied to the member by name” should be registered by MPs… Read more »
