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Pollution link to low birth weight
A new study published in The Lancet Respitory Medicine journal has found a correlation between low birth weight and mothers living in areas with more pollution and heavy traffic.
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Pryce will bounce back - but most ex-cons can't
Owen Jones contrasts the experiences of middle class prisoners, such as Vicky Pryce, with those of young, black, poor men in a comment piece in...
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Wealth more heritable than genes
The Guardian's Polly Toynbee criticises claims by Dominic Cummings, special advisor to the Education Secretary Michael Gove, that genetics plays a crucial role in a child's educational attainment.
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Mass online surveillance undermining integrity of legal system
The Law Society is considering issuing guidance to lawyers across England and Wales after fears that mass online surveillance by the government is undermining the potential to take legal action against the state.
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Victims of crime to be prioritised after independent report
The Justice Secretary has endorsed a report that says ‘the scales of British justice should be tipped more towards victims of crime’. Among many recommendations the report states that criminal cases should take no longer than six months to reach court from point of charge.
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Vicky Pryce on women prisoners
Vicky Pryce, jailed for eight months for perverting the course of justice, gave an interesting interview this morning on BBC Radio Four's Today Programme.
Most women were in prison because of something the men in their...
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Private prisons. The state they're in
A useful summary of the state of prison privatisation in England and Wales has been published in this morning's Financial Times. Registration (free) required to read the article.
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Happy to be the odd one out
New Home Office minister Norman Baker gives an interview...
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Blacklisted workers compensation scheme announced
Eight construction firms who unlawfully blacklisted construction workers have announced a compensation scheme, The Guardian reports.
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Imprisoned young adults needs not met
A new report by the Transitions to Adulthood Alliance, authored by Rob Allen, has found that in many instances prisons fail to provide sufficient activities, education and levels of safety for young adults.
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Royal Mail sell-off not about bean counting
'Dont' be fooled by all the boring language of bookkeeping', writes Ha-Joon Chang in The Guardian. Behind the Royal Mail privatisation 'lies an ambitious project to...
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Ketamine more harmful than many think, drug advisor claims
Sir Les Iverson, chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs says Ketamine users as young as 20 are suffering permanent bladder damage from Ketamine use.
'This is a lifetime sentence for young users or any users,'...