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Proposed plans for firearms licensing officers to be annually accredited and assessed in England and Wales will enhance consistency across the licensing system, according to BASC. The proposal was publicly made by Andy Marsh, chief executive at the College of Policing, during a Home Affairs Committee policing priorities inquiry session earlier this month. In giving evidence… Read more »
Entries are now open for the gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts 2023. The classes, which are hosted by BASC, are open to gamekeepers, owners of working gundogs, gundog teams and young handlers, and will be held on Gundog Day, Thursday 9th March 2023, at the NEC in Birmingham. Postal entries close on 9 January 2023, and you can… Read more »
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The organisers of the disruptive fuel blockade of 2000 have threatened to take action once again if the government fails to cut its fuel tax. As nationwide fuel prices approach the £1 per litre mark, the Fuel Lobby said it would recreate its week-long protest by blockading UK refineries on September 14th. “We want to… Read more »
The Conservatives must take a “wholly different approach” to taxation to persuade voters they are serious about cutting and simplifying taxes, the shadow chancellor says today. George Osborne will tell the Social Market Foundation that his party lost the tax argument in the recent election because people “simply didn’t believe that we would cut taxes”…. Read more »
