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Big business policing tax avoidance. What could go wrong?
Prem Sikka writes in today's Guardian on the perils of hiving off tax avoidance enforcement. 'The government has mobilised the full might of the state to tackle benefit...
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Sexual abuse alleged at immigration centre
Police have launched an investigation into claims that a woman who was held at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, run by Serco, was subject to inappropriate sexual behaviour from guards. Reported by ...
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Jails: holding pens for foreign ex-offenders
Government data shows that on a single day last month nearly 1,000 foreign nationals were held in prison despite completing their prison sentences, reports...
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Legalising cannabis: the £1.25 bn tax benefit
Research by the Institute for Social and Economic Research has said that decriminalising cannabis could cut the cost of policing, prosecuting and treating drug users by up to £...
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Benefit cheat crackdown
Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions is to set out new guidelines for the Crown Prosecution Service on the prosecution of 'middle class' and 'professional' cheats. The Times front...
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Serco and G4S can bid for new contracts, says Grayling
The justice secretary is to allow G4S and Serco to bid for Ministry of Justice contracts despite both facing alleged fraud investigations.
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30% of children’s care homes fall below minimum standard
Michael Gove has condemned social services departments for the 'indefensible' practice of sending children to homes, far away from friends and family in a 52-page...
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£98 million bill for MPs' expenses
The total bill for MPs' spending claims is higher for 2012-2013 than it was before the 2009 expenses scandal according to a report in The Guardian...
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Prisoners sent to work in salt mines
A project in Australia sends prisoners into salt mines to work with wages of around A$16 (£9) per hour, reports The Guardian.
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Housing crisis has begun to threaten human rights
The UN rapporteur on adequate housing, Raqel Rolnik has warned that the effects of the bedroom tax and benefit cuts are threatening the human rights of the poorest, reports The Guardian...
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Survey shows extent of sexual violence
'Nearly a quarter of men in the Asia-Pacific region have admitted to committing rape at least once in their life, according to a suvey released today, with more than half of those respondents claiming they raped for the first time while in their teens', reports ...
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Live and let live?
The British Social Attitudes Survey which surveys more than 3,000 people is reported across news sources today. There has been a shift 'towards a more sympathetic stance on welfare benefits and recipients'. In general, British society has become more liberal, individual and cynical, reports ...