Cameron ‘Will Allow TV Cameras Inside Courts’ The Prime Minister is expected to announce that television cameras will be allowed to film some elements of court proceedings. The breakthrough comes after the Head of Sky News, who has spearheaded a campaign to televise court cases, wrote an open letter to the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke […]
The UK Border Agency has now finished their upgrade to their website which, we assume is supposed to be state of the art and streamlined to make life easier. After all their moto is ‘a fairer system for all‘! However; users will be forgiven for thinking that the new website is, in keeping with UKBA […]
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Should Rioters be Locked Up?
Should Rioters be locked up? Tuesday 16th August 2011 Magistrates across England have been told by the Government that those involved in the recent riots CAN be given tougher sentences than usual. The courts have now been given permission to ignore current guidelines, meaning the rioters and looters of last week will be given more […]
Costs of going bankrupt increasingly unaffordable Monday 8th August 2011 According to the second quarter figures for 2011 released by the Insolvency Service, 30,513 people went into bankruptcy or entered into an Individual Voluntary Arrangement or Debt Relief Order between April and June 2011. That is an overall decrease of 12.2% compared to the same […]
Detention conditons at Heathrow airport criticised Two reports published by the UK Chief Inspector of Prisons after an unannounced visit reveal poor detention conditions and several possibly unlawful practices at Heathrow airport’s short-term detention facilities in Terminal 3 and Terminal 4. The reports raise concerns about detention conditions over longer periods, since no beds are […]
