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BASC has accused Gloucestershire Constabulary of failing to fulfil a statutory duty by suspending firearm certificate grants. Within the last few days, the force has taken the unilateral decision to suspend grant applications for firearm and shotgun certificates on the grounds of “unexpected resourcing issues”. It has also said that applications already in the pipeline… Read more »
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has welcomed the introduction of a change to GDC processes aimed at speeding up the initial inquiries made to assess fitness to practise cases. After a successful pilot, which saw the time taken to assess cases in the scheme average 13 weeks, the GDC has announced it is rolling out the… Read more »
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The top civil servant at the education department has warned Gordon Brown’s call for state school funding to match that of the private sector is only an “aspiration”. David Bell, the former chief inspector of schools in England and now permanent secretary at the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), said funding was expected to… Read more »
The government was forced to deny suggestions of cronyism yesterday when the wife of a Home Office minister was named the new head of education watchdog Ofsted. Christine Gilbert, a former head teacher and currently chief executive of the London borough of Tower Hamlets, will take over as chief inspector of schools in October. Ms… Read more »
