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DDU welcomes GDC plans to extend fitness to practise pilot

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 »

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Majority of PCCs Supportive of Shooting, says BASC

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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MPs warn government must do more to tackle cigarette fraud
Fake cigarettes cost Treasury £2.9bn a year

The black market trade in cigarettes and rolling tobacco is costing the Treasury £2.9 billion despite a major drive to combat the problem, a committee of MPs has warned. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) launched a £209 million initiative in 2000 to target resources at the number of fake cigarettes coming into the UK, with… Read more »