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Majority of PCCs Supportive of Shooting, says BASC

BASC has published the results of its interactions with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) following last week’s elections. In the run up to the poll, BASC wrote to each of the 40 candidates in England and Wales and set up a platform for members to contact their local candidates to find out where they stood… Read more »

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Additional resources for firearms licensing in Cumbria following BASC meeting

The Chief Constable of Cumbria police has committed additional resources to firearms licensing in the region to cut delays for certificate renewals. BASC’s head of firearms, Martin Parker, met with the Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary, Rob Carden, on Monday 29 April to discuss the service delivered by his force to certificate holders in the… Read more »

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Polls indicate a hung parliament
Polls: Tories biggest party in hung parliament

By politics.co.uk staff Despite a seemingly strong start to the election and plenty of media coverage for his ‘tax on jobs’ message, David Cameron will not like the look of the latest opinion polls. A Populus poll in the Times today, the first full new poll conducted since the election was announced puts the Tories… Read more »

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Nick Clegg will take on Scottish voters later
Clegg: Don’t trust Tories on tax

By politics.co.uk staff Nick Clegg has called on the Conservatives to “come clean” over the party’s tax plans, accusing the Tories of hiding a £13.5 billion “bombshell”. The Liberal Democrat leader, speaking in Glasgow as he launched his party’s Scottish manifesto, contrasted the £13.5 billion which Tory tax plans would cost with the “paltry” £100… Read more »