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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Teenagers want to see greater restrictions imposed on the way money from child trust funds is spent, a new report says. The tax-free savings scheme, which provides teenagers with a sum of money on their 18th birthday, currently allows account holders to spend the money as they choose. According to the Economic and Social Research… Read more »
Bureaucratic dithering not privatisation is to blame for the state of Britain’s railways, an influential think tank says. According to the Adam Smith Institute, privatisation could have been the answer to the problems with Britain’s railways. But instead bureaucrats imposed a “widely over-complex structure”, which was worsened by the creation of Network Rail. In a… Read more »
