Government asks drug regulator to assess Oxford’s Covid vaccine for approval

The Government has formally asked the UK’s drugs regulator to assess Oxford’s coronavirus vaccine to see if it’s good enough to roll out to members of the public. Government officials last night asked the MHRA to consider giving emergency approval for the jab so that it could be given out from next month to try and … Read more

Britons could get Pfizer vaccine BEFORE Americans as regulator prepares to decide

Britons could get the Pfizer vaccine before Americans as the regulator prepares to make a rapid decision and the NHS readies its staff for a roll-out on December 1. The UK watchdog will soon open its formal appraisal into the Covid-19 jab produced by the US drugs giant Pfizer Inc. and German biotech firm BionNTech … Read more

Exit fees here to stay as the regulator does a U-turn

Rip-off exit fees for investors switching between investment platforms could be here to stay, after financial regulator ditched proposals to ban them By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 November 2020 Rip-off exit fees for investors switching between investment platforms could be here … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Zara Tindall antibody test advert is referred to medical regulator

An advert for a coronavirus ‘passport’ app featuring Zara Tindall having an antibody test has been referred to the medical regulator and advertising watchdog. The V-Health Passport system developed by VST Enterprises sees people take a test with the results then uploaded by a health administrator onto the user’s app. But an advert promoting it … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Zara Tindall antibody test advert is referred to medical regulator

An advert for a coronavirus ‘passport’ app featuring Zara Tindall having an antibody test has been referred to the medical regulator. The V-Health Passport system developed by VST Enterprises sees people take a test with the results then uploaded by a health administrator onto the user’s app. But an advert promoting it shows the Queen’s … Read more

Wales should scrap GCSE exams next summer and award grades on coursework, says exam regulator

Wales should scrap GCSE exams next summer and instead award grades on pupils’ coursework and assessments, a testing regulator has said. Qualifications Wales said A-Level students should continue to be graded as normal, but younger pupils should face a relaxed system. It comes after the summer’s exam season turned into a fiasco as tests were … Read more

Airline regulator slammed after botching customer complaints review

The Civil Aviation Authority has been forced to extend its review of how airlines deal with customer complaints after critics slammed the body for failing to tell consumer bodies its plans.  In July, the CAA published a consultation paper proposing how to improve the current Alternative Dispute Resolution system – a scheme used to ensure passengers are … Read more

National Trust ‘facing questions over its purpose’ as regulator warns an inquiry could be looming

National Trust is ‘facing questions over its purpose’ by charity regulator after being accused of ‘virtue signalling’ by insisting volunteers wear LGBT badges to tweeting it’s historic links to slavery Trust sparked a woke row after tweeting details about buildings’ links to slavery Dozens vowed to cancel their membership because of charity ‘virtue signalling’ Regulator … Read more

Energy regulator hands SSE £2m fine for power plant error

Energy regulator hands SSE £2m fine for power plant error By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:24 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 22:24 BST, 3 September 2020 Ofgem has fined SSE £2m fine for a power plant error.  The energy regulator punished the provider for failing to publish information that is likely … Read more

Exam regulator Ofqual chiefs had no prior education experience

Ofqual’s ‘underqualified’ £200,000-a-year CEO, its two-days-a-week ex-journalist chairman who flunked his A-Levels and the top DfE civil servant hated by Gove-ites: Three accused of overseeing exams chaos – as the axe hovers over regulator Chairman Roger Taylor is a former journalist turned medical businessman Sally Collier is a career civil service but had not worked … Read more