“Complaints against doctors have more than doubled in six years amid increasing demand on NHS services and rising expectations from patients, according to a new report.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“More than three-quarters of gay, bisexual and lesbian victims of hate crime did not report it to the police, a survey found.”
The Independent, 15th October 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service has admitted publishing misleading records of complaints made about its performance.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The majority of people convicted for the first time of violent crime are walking free, new figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“When the House of Lords returns from recess in October, they will begin to welcome the 30 new peers announced at the beginning of August, including such diverse figures as paralympian Chris Holmes, racism campaigner Doreen Lawrence and Ministry of Sound co-founder James Palumbo. These 30 new peers (14 Conservative, ten Liberal Democrats, five Labour and one Green) will see the Conservatives again become the biggest bloc (with 222 peers, one ahead of Labour) and take the number of currently eligible sitting peers to 783. While such a size led to many comments about the ballooning size of the House (such as ‘New faces push the supersized House of Lords towards 1,000’ The Times August 2, 2013), this figure – which excludes those on leave of absence and those ineligible due to offices held – is actually lower than the figures as at March 2011 and March 2012. However, the annual reports of the House do show average attendance has increased by over a third in the last decade (from the mid-300s to the high 400s) and reflecting changing party balance in the House of Commons through creations is undoubtedly set to increase the size of the House of Lords (particularly if the parties fortunes ebb and flow; on this point see, eg, Michael White (Guardian, 17/5/2010) and the Electoral Reform Society 2013 report ‘The Super-Sized Second Chamber’). Thus among the Bills set to be scrutinised in the remainder of this session are no fewer than three House of Lords Reform Private Members’ Bills (PMBs) which seek to restrict the size of the House, Nick Clegg’s revolutionary – and much criticised – reform having been abandoned last year (at least until the next election).”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th October 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“An alliance of 40 charity chiefs and experts is today urging members of the Lords to seize a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to change the law to give young people in foster care the same start in adult life as their peers.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hundreds of criminals who commit multiple crimes are being spared jail, new figures have revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Home Office’s ‘go home’ poster vans targeting illegal immigrants have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for quoting misleading arrest statistics.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Studying past cases of child neglect is a ‘big distraction’ for child protection professionals, a leading professor of social work has said, a day after a jury convicted a mother of starving her young son to death.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Today [4 October] the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced that there would be significant changes to the early release provisions. An MoJ press release stated that primary legislation would be brought forward in the new year.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th October 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The NHS trust that left a dangerous schizophrenic to kill a Birmingham schoolgirl allowed six other patients to kill people last year alone, The Telegraph has learnt.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“People with mental illnesses are three times more likely to be victims of crime than the general population, new research suggests.”
BBC News, 7th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Government attempts to promote mediation as an alternative to expensive courtroom divorce and custody battles are failing, according to figures obtained through freedom of information requests.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As new figures show the number of people killed in drink-driving crashes rose by 17%, the BBC has discovered that thousands of drink-drivers are repeat offenders.”
BBC News, 27th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Criminals who damage prison property will have their jail wages docked to pay for the cost of repairs, under new measures announced by Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“At least 1,570 people were cautioned for sex offences across England in the past year, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 30th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Half of offenders who threatened their victims with a knife have avoided prison despite a new law demanding mandatory jail terms.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Wormwood Scrubs, the west London prison, is on a ‘knife-edge’, an official watchdog has warned, with an alarming 50% growth in the use of force or restraining measures to control prisoners in an increasingly violent, gang-dominated jail.”
The Guardian, 18th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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