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A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
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As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency, I have long championed and advocated for new and innovative measures which can lower household bills and carbon emissions, helping lift some of the most economically vulnerable out of fuel poverty. But with a further 465,000 households falling into fuel poverty this… Read more »
The UK birth rate is falling, while the number of those requiring fertility treatment to conceive is rising. As it stands, there are no employment rights for those undertaking fertility treatment and no paid time off work. The Prime Minister is right; It is more important than ever employers should offer their staff understanding, support,… Read more »