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 The salaries of senior figures in the public sector will be linked to those of their lowest paid workers, the Conservatives will announce today. The proposal, which form a key part of the opposition’s plans to rein in public spending as it tries to increase confidence in its calculations, will appeal to… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson A Scottish Labour candidate has been forced to step down after attacking prominent figures with “gutter” language on his Twitter page. Scottish secretary Jim Murphy sacked Stuart MacLennan, who was the PPC for Moray, after the Sun newspaper reported he had called Labour MP Diane Abbot a “f****** idiot” and Commons Speaker… Read more »
