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Government’s justification for firearms fees increase ‘bogus’, says BASC

The UK’s largest shooting organisation has labelled the government’s justification for an increase in firearms licensing fees as bogus and warned that inefficient licensing puts guns in the hands of the wrong people. The comments from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) come after the association wrote to all PCCs and Chief Constables… Read more »

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Ed Miliband outlines Labour's new approach to welfare
Ed Miliband’s big welfare speech in full

Labour leader Ed Miliband has journeyed all the way to east London to deliver a major speech setting his party’s direction of travel on welfare spending. Here’s the check-against-delivery version of his speech in full.

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Tim Yeo: "I think some people are keen to seize on any inconsistencies in the position that I and others have set out."
Interview: Tim Yeo, green champion and businessman

Twenty-four hours after leading a decarbonisation rebellion against the government which reduced the coalition’s majority to 23, Conservative MP Tim Yeo is still in fighting mode when it comes to climate change and the energy debate on oil, gas, electricity and nuclear energy.