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The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has expressed concerns over a potential increase in the cost of firearms licensing applications in Scotland, following the publication of a Westminster committee report. The Scottish Affairs Committee’s report, published today, draws together a conclusion following its recent inquiry on firearms licensing regulations in Scotland. The committee’s… Read more »
The Bakers Union and MP’s are again demanding that Orchard House Food pay the workers, at their recently closed Gateshead plant, the redundancy payments they are owed before Christmas. As things stand the company, that supplies the likes of Marks and Spencer and Pret A Manger, and which is a going concern with a factory still… Read more »
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Two thirds of employers would refuse to give a job to a former heroin or crack cocaine addict, even if they were otherwise suitable for the job. The figures could not come at a worse time for the government, with last week’s welfare reform package containing several measures to get addicts back into employment. “This… Read more »
The government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) could announce it believes ecstacy should be downgraded today.. Last year the drug was ranked as less harmful than alcohol and tobacco according to a report in The Lancet published by the ACMD’s new chairman, Professor David Nutt. The ACMD is expected to say the… Read more »
