Civil Liberties
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has expressed concerns over a potential increase in the cost of firearms licensing applications in Scotland, following the publication of a Westminster committee report. The Scottish Affairs Committee’s report, published today, draws together a conclusion following its recent inquiry on firearms licensing regulations in Scotland. The committee’s… Read more »
The Bakers Union and MP’s are again demanding that Orchard House Food pay the workers, at their recently closed Gateshead plant, the redundancy payments they are owed before Christmas. As things stand the company, that supplies the likes of Marks and Spencer and Pret A Manger, and which is a going concern with a factory still… Read more »
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The government’s treatment of failed asylum seekers goes against “human decency” and needs to be reformed, a report published today has argued. Commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Moving On: from destitution to contribution claims the government’s policy towards refused asylum seekers is “failing” and leaves people in “appalling and inhumane” conditions. The Home… Read more »
Members of the public had a right to know a cabinet minister had sent her son to a private school as it raised important points for public debate, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled. The PCC has unanimously rejected a complaint against the Daily Mirror by former education secretary Ruth Kelly that the paper… Read more »
