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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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Today we learn that David Cameron is fed up with what he calls the “buggeration factor” of trying to ram policies past the civil service. The PM’s frustration is understandable, one of his former special advisers says.
Frustrated coalition ministers are escalating their war with civil service mandarins today, with an unusually honest report admitting its failures over the last 12 months.