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The Chief Constable of Cumbria police has committed additional resources to firearms licensing in the region to cut delays for certificate renewals. BASC’s head of firearms, Martin Parker, met with the Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary, Rob Carden, on Monday 29 April to discuss the service delivered by his force to certificate holders in the… Read more »
BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… Read more »
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The authors of the Levelling-Up white paper are self-aware enough to acknowledge that this is the latest in a long-line of failed attempts to address regional inequality. The reason for previous failures, it argues, is that they lacked coordination, scale and a long-term perspective. Given the paper has been produced by a Government that is… Read more »
The levelling up secretary, Michael Gove, has said there is “a lot to do” to demonstrate the government’s commitment to delivering on the flagship policy of tackling regional inequality. Ahead of his statement on the long-awaited Levelling Up white paper in the House of Commons this afternoon, Gove recalled the note left by ex-Labour treasury minister Liam Byrne to his successor in… Read more »