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 »
Humanists UK has reacted to news that the Government is proposing to allow new state schools to discriminate in 100% of their places, condemning the move and calling instead for an end to all discrimination in the state school system. Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson said: ‘The proposal to allow 100% religious discrimination in… Read more »
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The British Medical Journal (BMJ) is at the centre of huge controversy today after publishing tobacco industry funded research, which claims that the damaging effects of passive smoking have been over-stated. The 40-year study of 118,000 Californians asserts that the link between environmental tobacco smoke and coronary heart disease and lung cancer is weaker than… Read more »
The Trade Unions Congress has criticised the lack of employment rights for temporary workers, and branded some agencies ‘cowboys’. In a report to be issued next week, the TUC has highlighted the fragmented nature of the UK’s agency market. Its survey found that while the largest five companies take up only 15% of the market… Read more »
