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 »
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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by Peter Wozniak Britain’s rebate from its contributions to the EU ought to be repealed, according to the man in charge of the Union’s 140 billion euro budget. Janusz Lewandowski, in an interview with the German newspaper Handesblatt, argued that the time when it was appropriate for the UK to have its rebate had long… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The annual Pre-Budget Report (PBR) is set to be scrapped and replaced with short statements on Treasury forecasts, according to media reports. The chancellor is to abandon the practise, in place since Gordon Brown started at the Treasury in 1997, of producing the mid-year comprehensive reports on the government’s spending plans, and… Read more »