“An investigation by the home affairs select committee into the standards of police leadership in England and Wales, after a series of scandals involving the most senior officers, found a patchwork of training, standards and accountability countrywide.”
The Guardian, 1st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the payday lending industry to the Competition Commission because of concerns about ‘deep-rooted problems with the way competition works’.”
BBC News, 27th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, came under pressure from the father of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence to set up an independent inquiry into the Guardian’s revelations that undercover police spied on and attempted to smear his family.”
The Guardian, 24th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Justice Leveson is facing mounting questions over why he decided to ignore a bombshell report detailing serious and widespread corruption among police and private investigators that was passed to his inquiry.”
The Independent, 24th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“More than two decades after the Runciman Commission was set up following high-profile miscarriages of justice, the chairman of the Bar Council has called for a royal commission to conduct a root-and-branch review of the criminal justice system.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th June 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Court of Protection is facing fresh questions about transparency, as The Independent reveals that its judges are making life-or-death decisions over the phone, with incomplete evidence, in proceedings that are not always recorded.”
The Independent, 24th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The judge leading a review of the Waterhouse inquiry into abuse at children’s homes in north Wales will hold public meetings later on Tuesday.”
BBC News, 18th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The disgraced BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall was jailed for 15 months on Monday for a string of historic sex attacks on girls as young as nine.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge has demanded an inquiry into an ‘inexplicable’ decision to let a paedophile off with a caution.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A cross-party group of MPs has called for an urgent review of new immigration rules, which they claim are tearing hundreds of British families apart. Their inquiry report shows that a new minimum earnings rule of £18,600 a year, which came into effect last July, has meant that thousands of British citizens, including people with full-time jobs, have been unable to bring a non-European husband, wife or partner to live with them in Britain.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of deaths at Stafford hospital are being examined by police after a review identified 200 to 300 cases where neglect might have been a contributory factor. Following the publication of the Francis report into serious care failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust, police, medical regulators and prosecutors launched a multi-agency review to establish whether any criminal offences were committed.”
The Guardian, 10th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The energy watchdog, Ofgem, has widened its investigation into alleged manipulation of gas and power markets and warned that doubts over price-setting could lead to higher household bills.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Retired High Court judge Dame Linda Dobbs is to lead an investigation for the BBC into broadcaster Stuart Hall’s conduct at the corporation.”
BBC News, 4th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Controversial plans for a major extension to an airport which sits next to one of Britain’s most important nature reserves – as well as a nuclear power station – are to be challenged in court, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 28th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The high court has called for a new approach to an inquiry into allegations that British troops committed ‘terrifying acts of brutality’ following the invasion of Iraq.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Panorama investigation reveals how police, politicians, lawyers and judges all played a part in burying the truth about Britain’s worst football disaster.
Never-before-broadcast footage of the FA Cup semi-final in which 96 Liverpool fans died reveals a catastrophic failure by the emergency services, how lives might have been saved and how subsequent inquiries were misled.
And a former home secretary and former police chiefs are put on the spot about why a succession of official investigations left the truth hidden for a generation.”
BBC Panorama, 23rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A key adviser to the Leveson report, the civil rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti, has hit out against politicians and newspaper barons, accusing them of letting down the public over promises to set up a new press watchdog.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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