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Firearms licensing failures impeding shooting sector

The failure of firearms licensing departments to prioritise resources is having a significant impact on participation in shooting sports and on the gun trade in England and Wales. Dozens of firearms licensing departments across the two countries are beset with significant delays and backlogs. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the UK’s largest… Read more »

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Thousands get to learn ‘moor’ at UK’s largest annual upland education event

The shooting community and local gamekeepers successfully delivered Let’s Learn Moor 2022, showcasing the benefits of sustainable grouse moor management alongside key partner organisations. Three thousand children from schools across the North of England have had a chance to ‘rescue’ their teachers with the help of mountain rescue teams, solve rural crimes with the police and… Read more »

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Prospective Tory parliamentary candidates are working for lobbying firms that seek to influence their party.
Tory candidates work for lobby companies

By politics.co.uk staff Almost thirty prospective Conservative parliamentary candidates are working for lobbying and PR firms that seek to influence their party. The news, revealed by The Times today, shows that some of the candidates had been involved in putting their clients cases to senior members of the party. Increasingly, many lobbying firms are targeting… Read more »

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John Bercow faces a battle against Nigel Farage of Ukip at the next election
Bercow: MPs’ holiday is too long

By politics.co.uk staff MPs’ 12-week summer holidays are too long and should be shortened, the Speaker has said. John Bercow expressed discomfort with the length of the holidays at a meeting of researchers and educational charities organised by the Hansard Society. The issue has been given added impetus this year, as observers take a critical… Read more »