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Connected technology: MPs call on Government to tackle growing problem of tech-enabled domestic abuse

The Government must make tackling ‘tech abuse’ a priority, MPs say today, amid a warning that the use of smart technology and connected devices in facilitating domestic abuse is becoming a growing problem...

Monday, 7 August 2023 08:49

Connected technology: MPs call on Government to tackle growing problem of tech-enabled domestic abuse

The Government must make tackling ‘tech abuse’ a priority, MPs say today, amid a warning that the use of smart technology and connected devices in facilitating domestic abuse...

Monday, 7 August 2023 00:01

Tripling of fines for those supporting illegal migrants

Fines are to be more than tripled for employers and landlords who allow illegal migrants to work for them or rent their properties, in the biggest shake-up of civil penalties since 2014...

Monday, 7 August 2023 00:01

Ministers ‘in the dark’ over education of 20,000 vulnerable pupils, says think tank

At least 20,000 children, many excluded from mainstream schools, are being taught in unregistered Alternative Provision units, some of which do not meet basic safeguarding standards...

Sunday, 6 August 2023 13:51

New tech partnership to stop the boats

A voluntary partnership between social media companies and government will accelerate action to tackle people smuggling content online, such as criminals sharing information...

Sunday, 6 August 2023 08:47

Wrongly-convicted no longer face being ‘charged’ for saved living expenses

Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk has taken decisive action to inject greater fairness into how payout decisions for miscarriages of justice are made, ending the possibility...

Sunday, 6 August 2023 08:44

Bereaved parents reminded to check eligibility for financial support

Bereaved parents who lost their partner between 9 April 2001 and 8 February 2023 may be eligible for backdated government payments...

Saturday, 5 August 2023 10:23

Tree planting to mark the Coronation of Charles III

Thousands of trees are set to be planted to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III with a new government fund launching today (Saturday 5 August)...

Saturday, 5 August 2023 10:21

British businesses hammered by highest energy costs in Europe costing business £3.5 billion, says Labour

The Conservatives failure on energy security is hitting British business with industrial energy costs now the highest in Europe. In 2021, industrial energy prices in the UK were a staggering 62 per cent higher...

Saturday, 5 August 2023 00:01

G7+ oil price cap continues to pile pressure on Putin six months on

UK-backed price cap on Russian oil and oil products is successfully undermining Putin’s ability to fund his illegal war in Ukraine, according to official data...

Saturday, 5 August 2023 00:01