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Fighting Fund delivers significant firearms certificate victory for member

BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »

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Humanists UK comment on assisted dying report – positive but a missed opportunity

The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »

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Griffin: BNP will change its membership policy

By Ian Dunt The leader of the BNP has confirmed he intends to change the party’s membership policy so that it allows non-whites in. The party was in court yesterday after the Equality Human Rights Council (EHRC) tried to have an injunction brought against it for its whites-only membership policy. The case was adjourned for… Read more »

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Could the UK be on the road to recovery?
British recovery

Hopes are rising that Britain’s economic recovery may take place sooner than many analysts expected. The IMF is expected to confirm Budget forecasts – widely derided as over-optimistic – of 0.2 per cent growth in 2010. Last month, chancellor Alistair Darling said the recession was now coming to an end. Meanwhile, London is hosting finance… Read more »