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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Ofsted has reported that performance in the first two years of vocational GCSEs has been “satisfactory” but further improvements are needed. Eight new vocational GCSEs were introduced in September 2002 in Applied Art and Design, Applied Business, Leisure and Tourism, Health and Social Care, Manufacturing, Engineering, Applied Science and Applied ICT. Seven were developed from… Read more »
On the tenth anniversary of Tony Blair’s leadership of the Labour Party, a new poll suggests that the majority of voters want him to stay on as Prime Minister, but also view him as arrogant and “too presidential”. On Wednesday Mr Blair will have led the party for ten years, and nearly eight as Prime… Read more »