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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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By Ian Dunt Alistair Darling and George Osborne have become embroiled in a war of letter in the ongoing row over tax rises on national insurance. This afternoon, the chancellor wrote to his counterpart in the Conservative party, suggesting he had lost his credibility over the affair. “You have spent the last week making expensive… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff The Liberal Democrats will scrap disproportionate overdraft charges if they come to power, Nick Clegg has said. Speaking ahead of a day in which he launches the party’s Welsh campaign, Mr Clegg said the charges could not be justified when banks were still paying out bonuses. “A Liberal Democrat government… Read more »
