A number of councils have written to ministers calling for more powers to tackle deliberate and persistent antisocial behaviour and criticising plans to replace antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs).
EU Laws Should Be Scrutinised
An influential group of MPs has called for more EU-focused debates in Parliament to scrutinise laws emanating from Brussels in order to give them more accountability.
Discrimination Case Couple Lose Appeal
A Christian married couple have lost their latest legal battle against their refusal to allow a gay couple to share a double room in their guest house, in a case that focused on sex discrimination under equality legislation.
Cost Of Payday Loans To Be Capped
Legislation to cap the cost of fees and interest rates on payday loans is to be brought in under amendments to the Banking Reform Bill currently going through Parliament.
New Slavery Bill
Despite the fact that slavery was abolished 180 years ago in the UK, the recent case of three women being held against their will for 30 years highlights that slavery is still alive and flourishing and that cases such as this, in an ordinary London home, could even just be the “tip of the iceberg”.