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NI’s shooting and countryside organisations meet PSNI firearms branch staff

Northern Ireland’s shooting and countryside organisations recently met with Police Service of Northern Ireland Firearms and Explosives Branch (PSNI FEB) staff and senior officials from the Department of Justice (DoJ) in Belfast. Formed in May 2021, the Northern Ireland Firearms Representative Group (NIFRG) is an umbrella group which brings together 10 national and local shooting and… Read more »

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Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment
Humanists UK backs bill for Church of England disestablishment

Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »

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Alan Johnson calls for debate over Labour policy
Johnson calls for end to ‘macho politics’

Labour must stop indulging in “macho politics” and unite to win a fourth term in government, Alan Johnson has said. The education secretary warned the party faced “enormous challenges” which must be debated, but said these were not ideological debates and should not result in the kind of divisions seen in the 1980s and early… Read more »

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Trade unionists booed Blair at his last TUC conference
Blair heckled as he faces unions for the last time

Tony Blair was heckled, booed and faced a walk-out from union members as he faced the TUC this afternoon for the last time as prime minister. Trade unionists have spent the last two days discussing how to fight the government’s programme of privatisation, and this afternoon’s address saw RMT members walk out holding banners calling… Read more »