‘Relatives of people who have died after contact with the police have told of their distrust in and dissatisfaction with the ability of the complaints system to help deliver justice.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Maternity services at a hospital have been downgraded to “inadequate” after inspectors found a “potential risk for baby abduction”. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected Bedford Hospital’s maternity services in November following “14 whistle-blower inquiries”.’
BBC News, 15 January 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK’s broadcasting watchdog is investigating the row over BBC host Emily Maitlis’ monologue about Dominic Cummings’ infamous trip to Barnard Castle.’
The Independent, 15th December 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A teenager given a tent to live in, and a child denied the chance to say “goodbye” to his dying mother feature in a report revealing heart-breaking decisions about children in care.’
BBC News, 10th December 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A council has agreed to pay more than £2,400 in compensation after an investigation from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman into the termination of a child’s transport to school.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Companies recommended by MPs, peers and ministers’ offices were given priority as the government raced to obtain Personal Protective Equipment, the National Audit Office found.’
BBC News, 18th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A council has been told to pay a boy with special educational needs £20,000 because it failed to provide a suitable alternative education for him.’
BBC News, 5th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A social media influencer has become the first person to be reprimanded by the UK’s advertising watchdog over a TikTok post.’
BBC News, 4th November 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A dramatic government climbdown will protect post-Brexit food quality, delighted campaigners say – after fears that chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef would be allowed in. In another U-turn, Liz Truss has bowed to pressure to give teeth to a new watchdog to prevent trade deals, particularly with the US, watering down food and animal welfare standards.’
The Independent, 1st November 2020
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Mobile phone companies are to be banned from selling devices that are locked into specific networks to make it easier for customers to switch providers.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An electrician who was wrongly classified as being an illegal immigrant, despite living in London for more than 45 years, was destitute as he waited a year for the Windrush taskforce to decide on his application to stay in the UK, the parliamentary ombudsman has ruled.’
The Guardian, 25th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Care Quality Commission review has found “undignified and inhumane” care in some hospital settings providing complex care for autistic people, and people with a learning disability and/or mental health condition.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Too many hospitals for people with learning disabilities or autism are providing poor care which is, at times, undignified and inhumane, the care regulator for England has said.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A visually impaired man did not have the help he needed for 14 months after Westminster City Council reduced his support package, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Ticketing site Viagogo may need to sell all or part of StubHub after an investigation by the UK’s competition watchdog found the merger of the two firms could lead to higher fees.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Royal Borough of Greenwich has been told by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman that it need not compensate a woman it wrongly accused of using abusive language to a staff member.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st October 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Ever since the Information Commissioner issued British Airways with a notice proposing to impose a massive fine of £183.39m for a data breach incident in 2018, we have all be waiting with bated breath to see how that process would conclude. A fine at that level would have been the largest ever issued by a data protection regulator in Europe, and would have dwarfed the eye-watering €50m proposed by the French data protection authority CNIL in respect of Google’s advertisement personalisation practices, affecting millions of French citizens. The prospect of BA, a corporate victim of a criminal cyber-attack affecting around 400,000 people’s (mostly payment-card) data, being subject to fine in excess of 4x as large certainly grabbed the headlines.’
Panopticon, 19th October 2020
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘Ofcom is to investigate why BT is quoting some people thousands of pounds to get broadband connections.’
BBC News, 15th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Fewer than one in 200 complaints made against the division of the Metropolitan police responsible for public order policing over the last decade have been upheld, figures obtained by the Guardian suggest.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An officer who killed a man during a foiled attempt to free two prisoners can face misconduct proceedings, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
BBC News, 10th October 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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