
Regulation








The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the government’s decision to significantly increase firearms licensing fees poses a threat to rural livelihoods and fails to deal with gross inefficiencies which in many cases provides an unacceptable service. Moreover, an inefficient system is an ineffective system, and this puts public safety at… Read more »

MDU members have committed to donating £5 from their subscriptions resulting in over £40,000 being given to two charities, Doctors in Distress and the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF) during 2024. Since 2021, the MDU has enabled the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF) to support over 500 doctors throughout their medical career, from financial assistance… Read more »
Latest articles

Watchdogs set up to strengthen the voice of consumers in the postal and energy markets are “performing feebly”, a committee of MPs says today. The public accounts committee finds that Energywatch and Postwatch, set up in 2000 to advise consumers and deal with complaints, are failing to perform their role effectively. However, both organisations said… Read more »

The candidates for the Conservative leadership today attempted to woo business leaders at the CBI annual conference in London. Both David Davis and David Cameron attacked chancellor Gordon Brown’s economic record, warning that high-tax and high-spend policies were leading to a slowdown in growth and declining UK competitiveness. However, Mr Davis admitted that where the… Read more »