Foreign criminals deported ‘at earliest opportunity’ – BBC News

Posted December 19th, 2011 in deportation, news by tracey

“The Home Office says it is doing all it can to speed up the deportation of foreigners convicted of serious crimes. The Sunday Times has obtained a leaked UK Border Agency report that details re-offending by foreign criminals who have served jail terms in Britain.”

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BBC News, 18th December 2011

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New mortgage lending rules set out by FSA – BBC News

Posted December 19th, 2011 in financial regulation, mortgages, news by tracey

“New rules to stop a resurgence in risky mortgage lending are likely to be imposed in 2013 by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).”

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BBC News, 19th December 2011

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Bid to evict St Paul’s protest camp begins at high court – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2011 in demonstrations, freedom of expression, news by tracey

“The City of London Corporation has lost control of St Paul’s Cathedral, the high court will hear on Monday, with members of an activist camp ‘setting rules and policing behaviour’ in the churchyard. A trial, lasting up to four days, will determine whether Occupy London protesters can stay on the land outside the building or not.”

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The Guardian, 18th December 2011

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MPs oppose police plans to use water cannon to quell public disorder – The Guardian

Posted December 19th, 2011 in news, police, public order by tracey

“MPs have come down firmly against the police employing water cannon or plastic bullets to quell any future repeat of the August riots. The Commons home affairs committee say in a report on Monday that their use in the summer would have been an indiscriminate and dangerous way of further inflaming the situation.”

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The Guardian, 19th December 2011

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Pagan wins ‘family life’ human rights case – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 19th, 2011 in families, human rights, immigration, married persons, news, polygamy by tracey

“An American woman who worships Norse gods has won the right to stay in Britain because of her ‘family life’ with her boyfriend and his wife.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2011

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Lax UK border controls attacked in report – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 19th, 2011 in immigration, married persons, news by tracey

“A woman was allowed into the UK to live with a partner she claimed she had met on the internet despite being unable to prove that she had ever even spoken to him, a report into the UK Border Agency (UKBA) reveals.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2011

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