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Two Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in the north of England have committed to working with BASC to improve firearms licensing in their areas. Martin Parker, BASC’s head of firearms, travelled to meet Jonathan Evison, the re-elected PCC for Humberside, and Dan Price, the new PCC for Cheshire. At both meetings, firearms licensing was discussed… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has today called for the new government to focus on the unsustainable cost of clinical negligence claims and to prioritise proposals for legal reform following the publication of NHS Resolution’s (NHSR) Annual report for 2023/24. The report found that in 2023/24 NHS Resolution, the body responsible for clinical negligence claims against GPs… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Nick Clegg undermined the prospect of a Conservative-Lib Dem coalition in a hung parliament, by turning his electoral sights on David Cameron’s party. The Lib Dem leader, who has begun describing the campaign as a “two-horse race” between his party and the Tories, told the Guardian newspaper that the Conservatives were “the… Read more »
By Ian Dunt Labour’s plunge in support has taken on a new aspect with newspapers turning their back on the governing party. The Guardian has left Labour to back the Liberal Democrats while the Times has stopped supporting Labour to back the Conservatives. The Times’ move will surprise few people. As one of Rupert Murdoch’s… Read more »
