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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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David Cameron's Conservatives to go on offensive in new year
Tories plan new year offensive

By Matthew West The Conservative party will go on the offensive in 2009 with a raft of new policy proposals designed to take the electorate’s mind off the economy. Sources have revealed to politics.co.uk that senior Conservative central office staff are returning to work immediately after the new year in order to come up with… Read more »

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Osborne: Labour bankrupting Britain

Shadow chancellor George Osborne has accused Labour of “bankrupting Britain” as figures show the UK has avoided recession – for now. Fears that revised GDP figures might see Britain enter recession officially today were not realised. Revisions to existing GDP figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show zero per cent growth was still… Read more »