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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 Alan Milburn has been branded a “collaborator” after agreeing to become the coalition government’s ‘social mobility tsar’. Nick Clegg is expected to announce the move on Wednesday in a major speech marking the coalition’s first 100 days in power. He confirmed today that while Mr Milburn would not joining the government he… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson A rehabilitation centre for wounded service personnel is set to receive all the money Tony Blair makes from his upcoming memoirs. A spokesman for the former prime minister said Mr Blair would sacrifice all royalties earned on A Journey, which is due out next month, as well as the £4.6 million advance… Read more »
