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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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Jesus College, Cambridge: Even universities at the top end of the scale may have to charge over £6,000, say the UCU
Universities must charge £6,863 ‘to survive’

By Peter Wozniak The government’s plans to cut higher education funding will mean that tuition fees of nearly £7,000 will be the norm rather than the exception, a union warns. In justifying the raising of the cap on tuition fees to £9,000, the coalition has made it a cornerstone of their argument that universities which… Read more »

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Resemblance? The beneficiary of the £7.2 billion Christmas tax bill
‘Osborne the Grinch’: Your £283 Xmas tax bill

By Peter Wozniak The tax bill on Christmas purchases for the average family will amount to £283 this year, the Taxpayers’ Alliance has warned. The campaign group has released a report today outlining total Christmas taxes of £7.2 billion – and warned that number could soar to £8 billion next once the planned rise in… Read more »