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MPs from the Labour Party, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and Green Party have come together to back a new amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to allow those with neurodegenerative illnesses to access assisted dying when they have twelve months or fewer to live, rather than six, as currently stipulated in the… Read more »
The UK’s largest shooting organisation has labelled the government’s justification for an increase in firearms licensing fees as bogus and warned that inefficient licensing puts guns in the hands of the wrong people. The comments from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) come after the association wrote to all PCCs and Chief Constables… Read more »
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The stark difference between the public perception of crime figures and the reality points to a fundamental lack of confidence.
New Labour’s police funding brought about real results in cutting crime, but public perceptions didn’t improve. In a time of spending cuts and upheaval, it’s going to be very difficult for the coalition to do better.
