Constitutional Reform
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has appointed Mr Jerard Ross as head of Scottish affairs to champion the interests of the MDU’s growing number of members in Scotland. Over the last four years Scottish membership has grown almost 30%, according to the MDU, the UK’s leading medical defence organisation. Jerard, who has worked at the… Read more »
The three winners of the 2021 BASC Ladies’ Star of Shooting Awards have been announced. For the second year, the awards were split into three categories: Target Shooting, Game and Gamekeeping, and Field to Fork. More than 100 nominations were received. Laura Boswell, from Northamptonshire, took the Target Shooting category, Zoe Roper-Smith, from Norfolk, the… Read more »
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MPs and senior civil servants have criticised the “laddish” culture of special advisers within government following the resignation of Damian McBride. The former special adviser to Gordon Brown was forced to stand down last month after an email exchange with blogger Derek Draper, in which he proposed setting up a new website to spread malicious… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will not pursue charges against the individuals connected to Labour donations from David Abrahams. Mr Abrahams donated around £600,000 to Labour through a range of intermediaries, including his secretary. “The Crown Prosecution Service has today advised all concerned parties that there is insufficient evidence to charge anyone… Read more »