On July 2, Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons, said in a report that those given non-custodial sentences and those found innocent in England and Wales are not given the help and support that sentenced inmates get. The report, which was based on fieldwork in five jails and inspection reports for 33 local prisons, […]
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British Police to probe Gitmo torture
According to a report by the ITV News, a joint Crown Prosecution Service and Metropolitan Police Scoping panel made the decision to probe the role of officers from Britain’s secret intelligence agency MI6 and internal security service MI5 in the mistreatment of three Guantanamo inmates. The inquiry is expected to lead British detectives to ask […]
British Police to probe Gitmo torture
According to a report by the ITV News, a joint Crown Prosecution Service and Metropolitan Police Scoping panel made the decision to probe the role of officers from Britain’s secret intelligence agency MI6 and internal security service MI5 in the mistreatment of three Guantanamo inmates. The inquiry is expected to lead British detectives to ask […]
UK banks urged to pay compensation
On Tuesday July 31, Russia-based Sakhalin Environment Watch along with US-based Accountability Counsel and Pacific Environment filed with the UK and Dutch National Contact Points’ (NCPs), accusing them of breaching the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The oil giant Shell and the British banks are alleged to have been […]
UK banks urged to pay compensation
On Tuesday July 31, Russia-based Sakhalin Environment Watch along with US-based Accountability Counsel and Pacific Environment filed with the UK and Dutch National Contact Points’ (NCPs), accusing them of breaching the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. The oil giant Shell and the British banks are alleged to have been […]
UK’s Unite warns about income squeeze
According to an independent research by the union on the value of UK wages, over two-thirds (67%) of British workers say they need to borrow money each month to pay for basics of their lives until the next pay. The union, which has 1.5million members, also warned that young people are hardest hit by the […]
UK’s Unite warns about income squeeze
According to an independent research by the union on the value of UK wages, over two-thirds (67%) of British workers say they need to borrow money each month to pay for basics of their lives until the next pay. The union, which has 1.5million members, also warned that young people are hardest hit by the […]
‘London Olympics repels tourists’
After several warnings from businesses that transport chaos caused by the London Olympics have deterred locals and tourists, Hunt has admitted that he is now expecting “just under 750,000 additional visitors” during the Olympics. West End retailers, theatres, and restaurants have already warned that the London Olympic Games have left the British capital a “ghost […]
Fiji ditches Queen’s birthday holiday
“The Queen’s birthday’s importance disappeared from Fiji when we became a republic and now our status is an independent nation,” Fiji Labour ministry spokesman Jone Usamate said on Wednesday. Fiji government said the decision is meant to increase “productivity and growth” by cutting down on holidays in the South Pacific nation. Fiji, which became independent […]
London Olympics hit UK manufacturing
British media reports said manufacturers in the UK have suffered their worst month in July as the UK manufacturing shrank the most in more than three years. London-based research group Markit Economics said its factory-output gauge, according to which anything below 50 represents contraction, fell from 48.4 in June to 45.4 in July. The bleak […]
UK union wants banks ‘short-circuited’
Unite said the proposal would “short circuit” the current banks that are failing to provide the needed credits to businesses and entrepreneurs, indirectly damaging the economy by impeding employment and businesses’ development. “The latest figures, revealing that July saw the worst manufacturing performance in more than three years show that the coalition’s cuts and austerity […]
Cuts put UK students off education
Maggie Galliers, the new president of the Association of Colleges (AoC), has said that funding cuts and rising costs have forced people from the poorest families to prioritize their spending in tough economic times and refrain from continuing their studies. “Clearly everyone in these economic times is struggling, and there’s some families for whom they […]
UK pushes Syria blame to Russia, China
Grant who was answering a question on Britain’s position on the extremist groups’ activities in Syria did not name Russia and China by name but said the situation is worrying for London as the Security Council has failed to reach a consensus on Syria. “We are deeply disturbed by the increasing in Syria. We are […]
Britons want UK Chancellor to go
A ComRes poll for The Independent has revealed that only 34 percent of the British people believe Osborne should remain in his current post, with the same proportion urging Prime Minister David Cameron to axe him and install Cable at the Treasury and the remaining 32 percent being “don’t knows”. Official figures released by Britain’s […]
UK gov’t fails its own cuts policy
The TaxPayers’ Alliance said while the government is forcing thousands of public sector workers out of their jobs the Energy and Climate Change department (DECC) has raised its total personnel by four percent, that is 113 people between December 2011 and March 2012. The alliance said the other six departments employed a total 248 staff […]
UK police rapped over custody death
On August 21, 2008, Sean Rigg, a karate expert, musician, producer, died of cardiac arrest after being held in the back of a police van at Brixton police station in south London. Rigg was arrested after attacking members of the public with karate-style moves. Evidence issued to Soutwark Coroner’s Court showed Rigg had been suffering […]
‘One in 10 Olympics seats left empty’
On the first day of competition, Locog organizers said 67,000 failed to attend and on subsequent days the stay-aways amounted to 58,000 and 50,000, meaning the average no-show figure is nearly 60,000. The astonishing daily figures will enrage British sports fans, thousands of whom are still trying desperately to buy seats online every evening. They […]
UK has no faith in Chancellor Osborne
According to a ComRes poll for The Independent only 34 percent of the public want Osborne to remain in his job, while some 34 percent others want Prime Minister David Cameron to dismiss him and install Cable at the Treasury. Meanwhile, more than one in five Conservatives prefer Cable to Osborne for the Treasury post.After […]
Royals cost UK taxpayer huge sums
According to the Republic, estimated total cost of the monarchy is £202.4 million, making the average cost of each of the 16 working royals £12.7 million. This is while that the average per head spend on a soldier in Afghanistan is just £410,555. Even if the official cost of the monarchy published by Buckingham Palace […]
Britain fails to tackle homelessness
The number of people classed as homeless in 2011/12 was 50,290, compared with 40,020 three years ago, according to data experts. “This surge in homelessness has been caused by a perfect storm of a double-dip recession made in Downing Street and sharp falls in house building”, said shadow communities secretary Hilary Benn. “To help bring […]