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Firearms licensing failures impeding shooting sector

The failure of firearms licensing departments to prioritise resources is having a significant impact on participation in shooting sports and on the gun trade in England and Wales. Dozens of firearms licensing departments across the two countries are beset with significant delays and backlogs. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the UK’s largest… Read more »

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Thousands get to learn ‘moor’ at UK’s largest annual upland education event

The shooting community and local gamekeepers successfully delivered Let’s Learn Moor 2022, showcasing the benefits of sustainable grouse moor management alongside key partner organisations. Three thousand children from schools across the North of England have had a chance to ‘rescue’ their teachers with the help of mountain rescue teams, solve rural crimes with the police and… Read more »

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MPs are concerned parliamentary privilege could be use to protect those on trial for their expenses.
Parliamentary privilege

Three Labour MPs and one Tory peer have had the whip suspended as they face trial allegedly fiddling their expenses. Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield all face charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968. Anyone convicted faces a maximum sentence of seven years’ in prison. Parliamentarians are concerned that… Read more »

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Clegg: Nobody should be fooled
Clegg: Don’t be fooled by expenses manouvering

By politics.co.uk staff Voters should not be fooled by Gordon Brown and David Cameron’s commitment to political reform, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said today. Reacting to the Labour decision to remove the whip from the three MPs who are set to go on trial for allegedly fiddling their expenses and Mr Cameron’s outspoken attack… Read more »