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PCC Elections – BASC Needs You

Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will take place on 2 May 2024 and provide the perfect opportunity for the shooting community to find out where local Police and Crime Commissioner candidates stand on firearms licensing. BASC has launched a contact platform which allows you to search for your local PCC candidates by police… Read more »

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Assisted dying proposals in Jersey lodged – Humanists Comment

The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »

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Kennedy courts ethnic minority votes
Kennedy courts ethnic minority votes

The Liberal Democrat leader has said that his party is now the party of choice for ethnic minority voters. Charles Kennedy predicted a “seismic shift” away from Labour to the Liberal Democrats by ethnic minority voters disillusioned by the handling of the war in Iraq. Speaking at a pre election press conference on Thursday Mr… Read more »

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Jim Marshall MP dies

The Labour MP for Leicester South, Jim Marshall, has died aged 63. The Labour Party has reported that Mr Marshall suffered a heart attack in his constituency office this afternoon Jim Marshall worked as a former research scientist and lecturer at what was once Leicester Polytechnic. A former leader of Leicester City Council, he was… Read more »