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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 »
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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Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown was accused yesterday of cooking the books on the public finances to avoid breaking the Treasury’s fiscal discipline. Oliver Letwin, Conservative counterpart, accused the Treasury of “brazen cheating” on plans to reclassify road maintenance spending as capital rather than for current spending from March. The charge comes after the… Read more »
Conservative MP Jonathan Sayeed survived a de-selection bid from his constituency party last night, following allegations he profited from guided tours around Parliament. At the meeting of members of his Mid Bedfordshire constituency party in Flitwick, Mr Sayeed won the vote of no confidence by 173 votes to 126. Constituency president, Sir Stanley Odell, resigned… Read more »
