@warrenoates1
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You will be pleased to know then, that over the last year the government have made numerous anouncements for record funding for drug and alcohol treatment services. Both for funding the services and for research and development into new and innovative treatments and approaches.
Yes, the wider measures announced last May, which this is part of, were said to add about £9bn / 0.3% to the UK economy annually by 2040.
I believe this SPS agreement will account for the bulk of that.
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Interesting!
One of the 2 SDLP MPs from Northern Ireland has just asked a question in Treasury questions in the House of Commons.
I did not realise until now that they sit on the government benches/side of the House.
I mean, it makes sense. I just didn't know it happened.
We've been the same over here in Sussex.
Been here about 17 years and been to the dentist once. My son has only ever been once in his sister never!
Hoping we might see some new NHS dentists places opening up soon!
Yep, there are SOOOOO many places. They often have HUGE brightly coloured displays, not only instore, but also in the windows. It does attact the attention of children. My son often comments on them.
The places will be prioritised to 'dental deserts'.
It is also likely this will include the first places allocated to a new dental school at UEA in Norwich.
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There are currently 5000 overseas trained dentists in the UK waiting to take these exams.
Also the number of full funded dental school places in England is being increased for the 1st time in many years.
The 50 extra places annually will be allocated by the OfS next month.
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+ the General Dental Council will significantly expand the number of Overseas Registration Exam places - so 1,000 overseas-trained dentists can register annually via this route.
This could see 2,350 overseas trained dentists become eligible to work in the UK each year - up from 500 currently.
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Labour announce plans to increase the number of dentists!
+ the number of places final exam places run by the Royal College of Surgeons of England will increase ten-fold, allowing 1,350 overseas-trained dentists to join the General Dental Council (GDCs) register annually.
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...and the rest...
Here are the details of that vote, including those who voted to remove the '1st Jan 2009' limit and replace it with an age of 21 limit.
Here is a what I believed the proposed structure would look like.
Despite the core measure of banning tobacco sales for anyone born on or after 1st Jan 2009 being first proposed by Rishi Sunak (a move that never significantly progressed), the majority of Tories in the Lords, along with a handful of other peers, actually tried to remove this from the bill!
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...will be banned (yes, these have actually happened).
Other nicotine products, non-nicotine vapes & future products will also be brought under regulations.
This includes extention of advertising bans to new nicotine & vaping products, & increasing enforcement powers of existing restirctions.
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It will ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1st Jan 2009.
It will give ministers stronger powers to regulate vaping, especially around appealing to children, advertising, standardising packaging and limiting visual displays.
Free vape promotions targeting children...
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Well done Labour!
The landmark Tobacco & Vapes Bill passed its 3rd reading in the Lords last night.
I believe it only has government approved amendments, which means the Bill just needs final approval by the Commons before going to Royal Assent!
The bill marks a major shift in public health.
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In a rare example of something I posted on only on Threads and not here...here is a post I made this morning...and the video is below.
But there is also much more in these plans too.
New 1 year courses for 16 year olds before they move on to A/L/T-levels, for those who are not yet ready for that move.
A new 2yr employment route for those looking at jobs in Catering, Hospitality & Early Years.
This is really well though out!
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I think I need to update my assessment.
The stance over Iran provides concrete evidence for another one of the 50 or so pledges being actively met (before it was 'met' through absence of action against it).
Btecs fill that gap of smaller scale vocational education, where someone can do several subjects and a combination of A-levels & Btecs, should they wish.
The first V-levels are expected next year and should fill that same gap.
T-levels will also expand to Sport & Fitness, and Care Services.
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...and similar qualifications.
The Tories had previously announced the end of funding for Btec courses without a replacement qualification, thinking A-levels (more academic courses) & T-levels (full-time technical courses with work experience elements) were sufficient.
But that was not true.
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Labour are moving ahead with their plans for new V-Levels, with the first subjects announced: education, finance and digital.
V-Levels will be equivalent to A-levels with learning designed around real jobs and the skills employers actually need.
They will replace many of the current Btec...
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Still going through the Lords. They have sessions on it most Fridays at the moment.
But as it's a private members bill, rather than a government bill, I tend not to be tracking its progress as much as I do government bills.
But this will probably be it for me for tonight! Will bring an update on the rest tomorrow!
On to vote number 6 of the night. This one on disagreeing with amendment 44.
I have no idea what this amendment is all about.
Just 3 more amendments after this to consider though, so max of 9 votes tonight...I think. Min of 6 if all the remaining amendments are all disagreed to by everyone.
On to a vote on rejecting amendment 41.
It crazy this has gone to vote. The amendment aims to replace the limit on number of branded uniform items with a fixed upper price limit - to be reviewed annually...which could be a HUGE amount of work for schools &save little extra money or even cost more!
The government have easily won all 3 votes so far.
But now on to the 4th vote on amendment 38.
Each vote is taking about 13 minutes on average.
Four were disagreed upon without opposition. But 2 have already been voted on and the third one is being voted on now.
Couple be several more votes to come!
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The Commons is tonight considering the 121 amendments made in the Lords to the Children's Wellbeing and School Bill.
It looks like around 15 of them are up for being rejected.
Currently the Commons are on to the 7th of these (amendment 37)
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