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 »
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 »
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Employment fell by 16,000 over the three months to June but is still slightly higher than this time last year, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show. The employment rate for people of working age was 74.7 per cent for the second quarter, down from 74.9 per cent for the previous quarter but… Read more »
Improvement to public services is the key to helping the most disadvantaged in the UK, a government report has said. The report, compiled by the government’s Social Exclusion Unit (SEU), is the result of a series of informal questionnaires and formal consultations carried out last winter. Local government and social exclusion minister Phil Woolas said… Read more »
