Economic Growth
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 authors of the Levelling-Up white paper are self-aware enough to acknowledge that this is the latest in a long-line of failed attempts to address regional inequality. The reason for previous failures, it argues, is that they lacked coordination, scale and a long-term perspective. Given the paper has been produced by a Government that is… Read more »
The levelling up secretary, Michael Gove, has said there is “a lot to do” to demonstrate the government’s commitment to delivering on the flagship policy of tackling regional inequality. Ahead of his statement on the long-awaited Levelling Up white paper in the House of Commons this afternoon, Gove recalled the note left by ex-Labour treasury minister Liam Byrne to his successor in… Read more »
