“MPs with questionable expenses claims will be barred from taking a seat in the House of Lords if they choose to stand down before the election.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Thousands of crimes are never put on to the police national computer because of a £3 million row over who should pay towards uploading them on to the IT system.”
The Times, 1st September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Ministers were facing accusations today that hundreds of children are being held unnecessarily in immigration detention centres as official figures revealed, for the first time, that 470 minors were being detained with their families.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers have been condemned for failing to implement a law designed to help victims of NHS negligence and improve patient safety.”
The Independent, 30th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A government policy to fine drunken troublemakers up to £2,500 under a new system of ‘alcohol asbos’ introduced today has been rubbished by magistrates whose job it is to impose them.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A sex abuse victim has been jailed for six years for blackmailing the man who abused him.”
BBC News, 28th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“New powers to impose Drinking Banning Orders – dubbed ‘booze Asbos’ – on people who behave anti-socially while drunk have come under fire.”
BBC News, 31st August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s biggest law firms suffered a dip in profits for the first time in a decade last year but still enjoyed one of their best years, earning more than £4 billion.”
The Times, 31st August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A police watchdog is investigating claims that officers used a Taser stun gun on a man’s head during an arrest.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sharon Shoesmith, the social services chief who was sacked over the Baby P scandal, compares her treatment to that of the killers of James Bulger in a legal challenge, it has been reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantanamo detainee, has reversed a decision to stay out of the public eye by signalling his determination to campaign for justice for prisoners at the American detention camp and highlight the lifelong effects of torture he suffered at the hands of his interrogators.”
The Independent, 31st August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Women in same-sex relationships can now register both their names on the birth certificate of a child conceived as a result of fertility treatment.”
BBC News, 31st August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Judges will go back to school to have their skills tested, under a radical training programme.”
The Times, 1st September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A company director who killed his neighbour’s dog by hitting it with a garden hoe after a long-running feud had the case against him dismissed today.”
The Guardian, 28th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who poisoned his estranged wife’s tea with mercury has been given a 350-day suspended sentence.”
BBC News, 28th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who abducted and raped two teenage girls was jailed for 14 years today.”
The Independent, 28th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who made a hoax 999 call claiming a nail bomb would be planted at Blackpool Pleasure Beach was jailed for two years today.”
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The Independent, 27th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two senior police officers are to appear before magistrates today over claims they abused their positions to avoid speeding fines.”
The Independent, 28th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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