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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MPs have accepted some minor changes to their expenses system. The Commons rejected Conservative plans to take almost all second home items, like furniture, off the list of possible claims members of parliament can make. But MPs accepted government plans to make the National Audit Office auditor of their expenses and to cap annual expenses… Read more »
Alan Johnson has unveiled a ten-year strategy to give people at the end of their lives more choice about where they die. The £268 million scheme will ensure that community nursing services are available 24 hours a day so that more people can be cared for and die at home if they wish. Health and… Read more »
