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Dual regulation for medical professionals is risky and unfair says MDU

Speaking at an event today, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said the expected arrival of a dual system of regulation at the GMC next year could introduce confusion to an already outdated system of healthcare professional regulation. While speaking at the Westminster Health Forum event today on Next steps for professional healthcare regulation in the UK,… Read more »

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NI’s shooting and countryside organisations meet PSNI firearms branch staff

Northern Ireland’s shooting and countryside organisations recently met with Police Service of Northern Ireland Firearms and Explosives Branch (PSNI FEB) staff and senior officials from the Department of Justice (DoJ) in Belfast. Formed in May 2021, the Northern Ireland Firearms Representative Group (NIFRG) is an umbrella group which brings together 10 national and local shooting and… Read more »

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Ed Miliband was among Labour negotiators during coalition talks with Lib Dems
Ed Miliband turns on ‘cavalier’ Lib Dems

By politics.co.uk staff Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband has hit out at the “crypto-Tory” Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, as huge spending cuts in Tuesday’s Budget loom. The shadow energy secretary said in an interview given to the Independent on Sunday newspaper that part of the reason formal coalition talks between the Lib Dems and… Read more »

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George Osborne will deliver the emergency Budget on Tuesday
Waiting for the cuts

By Alex Stevenson George Osborne’s emergency Budget is being scrutinised by Office of Budget Responsibility chief Sir Alan Budd ahead of its delivery on Tuesday. Estimates of the spending cuts expected to be introduced by the chancellor range from £30 billion to £80 billion, as the coalition government bids to tackle the £150 billion-plus structural… Read more »