BASC condemns Crimestoppers campaign against law-abiding firearms owners The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has today condemned a new campaign launched in Cumbria by Crimestoppers which encourages the public to make anonymous accusations against licensed firearms holders. “Crimestoppers are inviting people to make secret accusations with a 100 per cent guarantee that the… Read more »
Humanists UK has welcomed a ‘landmark’ recommendation from the Government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review to add Religious Education (RE) to the National Curriculum in England after a thorough review of its content to be conducted by an expert group in the coming months. Humanists UK has advocated for this for many decades and today hailed… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff A motion calling for school uniforms to be free of all VAT is gathering support in Westminster. Yesterday, Mark Oaten, Liberal Democrat MP for Winchester and former leadership contender, became the latest MP to back the early day motion (EDM), which was tabled by Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle. Under the current system,… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The government is putting child poverty targets in jeopardy by focusing its economic rescue package on banks and not families, it has been claimed. Billion of taxpayers’ money has been spent on propping up struggling British banks, with targets to halve the number of children in poverty by 2010 in danger of… Read more »
