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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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Brown follows Cameron on family employees

Conservative frontbenchers and all Labour MPs are to be asked to register any family members they employ. Prime minister Gordon Brown said he would make the move applicable to all Labour MPs after Tory leader David Cameron said his move would be a “good first step” on the way to restoring public trust on the… Read more »

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Ethnic minorities have a lower employment rate than the rest of the UK
‘Bleak’ prospects for minority employment gap

The employment gap between ethnic minorities and the rest of the UK population could take 30 years to close, a National Audit Office (NAO) report warns. At present the UK’s overall employment rate is 74 per cent but is only 60 per cent for the ethnic minority population. The gap has only closed by 1.3… Read more »