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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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Immigration removal centre 'breaches human rights', lawyers claim
Yarl’s Wood human rights challenge at high court

By politics.co.uk staff Lawyers representing four women held at a holding centre for immigrants are taking their case to the high court today. Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) are expected to apply for a judicial review at the high court to assess their claim that Yarl’s Wood Removal Centre breaches articles three, five and eight of… Read more »

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Birmingham city council's savings could lead to 2,000 job cuts
Council cuts survey triggers blame game

By politics.co.uk staff Around ten per cent of council jobs in England could be under threat in the next five years. A BBC survey of 49 local authorities found around 25,000 jobs could be cut from the combined workforce of 256,000. Spending cuts of between five per cent and 20% were anticipated by over two-thirds… Read more »