Revealed: how UK banks exploit charity tax laws – The Guardian

Posted December 5th, 2007 in banking, charities, news by sally

“Britain’s high street banks have raised billions of pounds in funds through complex financial deals that use supposedly charitable trusts which are not donating a penny to good causes, the Guardian has learned.”

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The Guardian, 5th December 2007

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Surrogacy loophole that let 20 babies be taken abroad – The Guardian

Posted December 5th, 2007 in adoption, news, surrogacy by sally

“Twenty babies born to British surrogate mothers have been taken abroad unlawfully by the foreign couples who commissioned them because of an oversight by British courts, it emerged yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 5th December 2007

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Tip-offs will produce new wave of data security scandals, watchdog tells MPs – The Independent

Posted December 5th, 2007 in data protection, news by sally

“Ministers are braced for a new wave of ‘Datagate’ scandals after the Government’s information watchdog said he was investigating several possible breaches of data protection laws.”

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The Independent, 5th December 2007

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Hopes pinned on American-style sentencing grid to reduce prison overcrowding – The Times

Posted December 5th, 2007 in news, prisons, sentencing by sally

“Radical proposals to examine a US-style system of sentencing intended to control the number of offenders sent to overcrowded jails will be outlined by ministers today, The Times has learnt.”

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The Times, 5th December 2007

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Reluctant election trial witnesses ‘risking jail’ – The Times

Posted December 5th, 2007 in elections, news, witnesses by sally

“Five witnesses who refused to turn up for an election trial yesterday amid allegations they were scared of intimidation by Labour are to be warned by police to attend or risk jail.”

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The Times, 5th December 2007

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Jailed killer has right to father a child, European Court rules – The Times

Posted December 5th, 2007 in assisted reproduction, human rights, news by sally

“Britain breached the human rights of a murderer and his wife by refusing them access to IVF treatment, the European Court ruled yesterday.”

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The Times, 5th December 2007

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