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PCC Elections – BASC Needs You

Elections for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will take place on 2 May 2024 and provide the perfect opportunity for the shooting community to find out where local Police and Crime Commissioner candidates stand on firearms licensing. BASC has launched a contact platform which allows you to search for your local PCC candidates by police… Read more »

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Assisted dying proposals in Jersey lodged – Humanists Comment

The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »

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Lib Dems champion environmental taxation
Lib Dems champion environmental taxation

All planes leaving the UK should be subject to a departure duty, according to the Liberal Democrats. Party leader Charles Kennedy outlined plans to make the polluter pay in a major speech on the environment today. Mr Kennedy claimed that intelligent application of ‘green taxes’ would help change behaviour and encourage good environmental practice among… Read more »

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Red Caps’ families to sue MoD

The Ministry of Defence is facing legal action from the families of six Red Caps killed in Iraq. The relatives have accused the Army of denying them a public inquiry into the deaths and insist that legal action is the only way to find out how the soldiers died. The families plan to sue the… Read more »