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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By politics.co.uk staff Far-reaching plans to rid the monarchy of male-preference and anti-Catholicism have been blocked by the government. Justice secretary Jack Straw told the Commons during today’s debate of the bill, put forward by Liberal Democrat Evan Harris, that it was not the “appropriate vehicle” for such an extensive series of reforms. But Mr… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A leading development charity has attempted to calculate the amount of money lost to corporate tax evasion. Christian Aid is publishing the data to highlight the issue of ‘trade mispricing’, where figures are manipulated to keep profits low in countries where they will incur a higher level of tax. The research, broken… Read more »
