Crime Levels
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 »
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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By Alex Stevenson An obsession with rape convictions means victims are being overlooked, a review into the way the crime is handled has concluded. Baroness Stern’s independent assessment of the way rape is dealt with in England and Wales found the six per cent conviction rate has been allowed to “dominate the public discourse on… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff MPs on the intelligence and security committee have expressed “disappointment” after Gordon Brown published their annual 2008/09 report four months late. The report was sent to the prime minister on December 15th but Mr Brown only chose to lay it before parliament today. As it covers the period from December 2008 to… Read more »
