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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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BASC challenges illegal move by West Mercia Police

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 »

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Conservatives in SW London campaigning today on Heathrow third runway
Conservatives targeting Heathrow third runway

By politics.co.uk staff Conservative candidates will be pounding the tarmac, campaigning on the subject of Heathrow airport in south west London today. Ironically, the party’s ‘day of action’ comes when one of the busiest patches of sky in the world is empty of aircraft, and the airport a hive of inactivity. The Tories’ Heathrow action… Read more »

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Cameron’s public sector ‘battering ram’

By politics.co.uk staff David Cameron pledged to reform public services in as radical with a radical shift of power, as the campaign continues into its second weekend. The Conservative leader told activists in Gloucester he would introduce a Public Sector Co-op Service which would work as a “battering ram” to push new ways of providing… Read more »