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Majority of PCCs Supportive of Shooting, says BASC

BASC has published the results of its interactions with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) following last week’s elections. In the run up to the poll, BASC wrote to each of the 40 candidates in England and Wales and set up a platform for members to contact their local candidates to find out where they stood… Read more »

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Additional resources for firearms licensing in Cumbria following BASC meeting

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 »

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More than half of immigrants from new EU states to UK in 2004 have already returned home, thinktank claims
European migrants ‘leaving UK’

The majority of immigrants to the UK from new EU member states have already returned home, a thinktank said on Wednesday. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the rate of immigration to Britain from the most recent EU member states is slowing. Workers from Poland, who are now the largest foreign national… Read more »

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Competition Commisison takes on supermarkets
Supermarkets to get ombudsman

The Competition Commission (CC) has recommended appointing an ombudsman in its final report on the UK grocery market. The report, which puts forward the regulator’s final recommendations, follows a five-year investigation with over 700 submissions. The big four grocers – Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons – have been accused of buying up land to prevent… Read more »