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 »
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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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 »
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 »
