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The Chief Constable of Cumbria police has committed additional resources to firearms licensing in the region to cut delays for certificate renewals. BASC’s head of firearms, Martin Parker, met with the Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary, Rob Carden, on Monday 29 April to discuss the service delivered by his force to certificate holders in the… Read more »
BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… Read more »
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Administrators to MG Rover have revealed that more than 5,000 redundancies will have to occur at the carmaker’s Longbridge plant. The announcement follows the conformation that this week’s attempts to re-open discussions with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) about a possible takeover have failed. Letters have gone out to those who will lose their… Read more »
Michael Howard has today attacked the current pension system, claiming that the older generation had been humiliated and “airbrushed out of Blair’s Britain”. Mr Howard promised that a future Conservative government would restore their dignity by scrapping means testing for pension benefits. Labour though claim that means testing has allowed them to help the poorest… Read more »