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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Senior cabinet ministers yesterday sought to distance themselves from Jack Straw’s claims that the veil worn by Muslim women was a “statement of separation”. Deputy prime minister John Prescott and health secretary Patricia Hewitt said they would not ask women to remove the veil when speaking to them during constituency surgeries, as Mr Straw has… Read more »
