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BASC is asking members and the wider shooting community to respond to a firearms licensing survey, despite describing it as a ‘red-herring’. The survey, coordinated by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) on the back of the Plymouth shooting incident, is seeking views on firearms licensing in England and Wales. Questions within the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) urged the Labour Party to listen to rural voters at a reception at the party’s annual conference in Brighton this weekend. Addressing shadow Environment Secretary Daniel Zeichner MP, BASC said those who live and work in Britain’s countryside should be listened to on issues such as the… Read more »
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By politics.co.uk staff Labour will not have a new leader until September 25th, party officials have decided. The decision for a long leadership election campaign was taken by the National Executive Committee as it met to draw up the rules of the process in parliament today. Many senior Labour figures had demanded a lengthy and… Read more »
By Aled Thomas Labour backbencher John Cruddas will not stand for the Labour leadership. The Dagenham and Rainham MP, who enjoys considerable support from the trade unions, is the latest MP to rule himself out of a contest which so far has only seen the Miliband brothers throw their hats in the ring. Although he… Read more »
