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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The government overpaid around five per cent of public sector pensioners for over 30 years, Cabinet Office minister Liam Byrne has said. The overpayments total £126 million – averaging £1,300 per person from 1978. It was caused by an “incorrect indexation,” a Cabinet Office statement said, and a National Audit Office investigation would now be… Read more »
New warnings have been sounded over the supposedly non-lethal Tasers being introduced to UK police forces after hundreds of deaths were reported in the US. A new report claims greater use of Tasers in America and other countries has seen vulnerable people suffer disproportionately. Amnesty International, which compiled today’s report, said 334 people had been… Read more »
