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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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Banks ‘too big to fail’

By politics.co.uk staff The UK banking system must move away from lenders that are too big to fail, Vince Cable said yesterday. At a conference of the think tank Reform at the London Stock Exchange, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman said: “Three of the five biggest banks in the world are British-based and protected. “The… Read more »

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Man charged with throwing shoe at Chinese premier

By politics.co.uk staff A man has been charged by police after a shoe was hurled at Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao during a speech at Cambridge University. The 27-year-old man, who has yet to be named, will appear before magistrates in Cambridge on February 10th charged with committing a public order offence. The shoe, which… Read more »