Regulation
BASC condemns Crimestoppers campaign against law-abiding firearms owners The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has today condemned a new campaign launched in Cumbria by Crimestoppers which encourages the public to make anonymous accusations against licensed firearms holders. “Crimestoppers are inviting people to make secret accusations with a 100 per cent guarantee that the… Read more »
Humanists UK has welcomed a ‘landmark’ recommendation from the Government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review to add Religious Education (RE) to the National Curriculum in England after a thorough review of its content to be conducted by an expert group in the coming months. Humanists UK has advocated for this for many decades and today hailed… Read more »
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Victims of the near-collapse of Equitable Life in 2000 should receive compensation, the Parliamentary Ombudsman has decided. In a report into how the government handled its oversight of Equitable Life, Ann Abraham found ten cases of maladministration over a decade and demanded a government apology. The report – entitled Equitable Life: a decade of regulatory… Read more »
The Competition Commission (CC) has recommended appointing an ombudsman in its final report on the UK grocery market. The report, which puts forward the regulator’s final recommendations, follows a five-year investigation with over 700 submissions. The big four grocers – Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons – have been accused of buying up land to prevent… Read more »
