Party Politics
Responding to today’s announcement that the GMC is seeking views on a revised version of Good medical practice, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said that it will be scrutinising the significant changes being proposed. The MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, explained that regulations must be compatible with the realities of doctors’ working lives and… Read more »
BASC, the UK’s largest shooting and conservation organisation, has expelled for life a member convicted of wildlife crime and firearms offences. Expulsion from BASC involves the loss of shooting insurance, on which the ability to shoot may depend, and other benefits of membership. The member from Nottinghamshire pleaded guilty to unlawfully trapping and beating to… Read more »
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Labour has failed to reduce its deficit against the Conservatives despite the ongoing global financial crisis, the latest Guardian/ICM poll suggests. The voting intentions survey sees both the Tories and Labour unchanged on last month’s figures, which put David Cameron’s party 12 points ahead of Gordon Brown’s on 42 per cent to 30 per cent…. Read more »
Peter Mandelson, or to give him his new name, Lord Mandelson of Foy and Hartlepool, faces his first select committee grilling since returning from Brussels this week, with an appearance in front of the business and enterprise committee on Tuesday. On the one hand, he hasn’t been in the post long enough to have done… Read more »
