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BASC is advising members that the European Commission (EC) is considering changes to the EU rules that impact the trade of poultry eggs and birds from areas hit by Avian Influenza (AI). The EU may amend rules on surveillance requirements for imported poultry eggs and birds from Disease Control Zones, from a minimum of 90… Read more »
Proposed plans for firearms licensing officers to be annually accredited and assessed in England and Wales will enhance consistency across the licensing system, according to BASC. The proposal was publicly made by Andy Marsh, chief executive at the College of Policing, during a Home Affairs Committee policing priorities inquiry session earlier this month. In giving evidence… Read more »
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The Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) is to disaffiliate from the Labour party, it has announced today. The union is angry with the direction of the party under Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, accusing him of a “factional internal war”. In a statement released this afternoon it berates Sir Keir for failing to… Read more »
Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds has said Labour would invest in neighbourhood policing, establish new domestic violence laws and would establish a new Child Exploitation Register in his keynote speech at the party conference today in Brighton. He opened by discussing how his childhood as the son of a Welsh steelworker led him to the… Read more »

