Policing
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) is disappointed that the GDC has decided to hold hearings remotely by default from next year. During the consultation on the issue, the DDU made strong representations to the GDC to explain that such a move could disadvantage certain dental professionals undergoing a fitness to practise investigation. The GDC’s consultation outcome however states… Read more »
Humanists UK has received reassurances from the UK Government that it has no plans to reintroduce laws criminalising blasphemy or restrict freedom of expression around religion. This follows on from a question at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) that urged the Prime Minister to introduce a new blasphemy law in the mould of one suggested by Russia, China, and… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff The activists behind last week’s G20 protests around the Bank of England plan to march again this Saturday. This week’s march will centre on allegations about police culpability in the death of Ian Tomlinson, a newsagent who appears to have been trapped in the standoff on his way home from work. Demonstrators… Read more »
By Laura Miller The Metropolitan Police commissioner has received a formal letter of complaint from Green party member Jenny Jones following concerns about the treatment of the G20 protesters by police. “The protesters’ stories of police brutality and the police’s story of complete professionalism just don’t stack up,” she said. Ms Jones, the Green’s home… Read more »
