British Economy
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »
Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
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The UK economy contracted by 0.5 per cent in July, according to newly released data just published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This came after 0.5 per cent growth in June, the ONS said, and is worse than expected. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a smaller contraction of 0.2 per cent. But… Read more »
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that wages, excluding the effects of bonuses, were up 7.8 per cent compared to the same month a year ago. It means that salaries appear to be outpacing the rate of price growth in the economy for the first time in over a year. The increase… Read more »
