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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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Ethnic employment gap ‘still too wide’

It will take almost 50 years for the employment rate among the black working age population to match that of the white population, according to the TUC. And the trades union organisation warns that only by accelerating an improvement in ethnic employment rates will the government meet its target for eliminating child poverty by 2020…. Read more »

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Voters yet to take advantage of internet

Use of the internet doubled for the last election but the technology has yet to bring a breakthrough in encouraging voter participation, a new report suggests. Research by the Hansard Society found that 15 per cent of voters went online at the last election to gain information but said that the internet was mostly used… Read more »