A High Court ruling has decreed that sex offenders’ human rights to privacy should be considered before police make public their whereabouts or criminal record to parents worried about the safety of their children.
Prisoners Denied Vote
Despite a European Court ruling and a warning from Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, prisoners in the UK will not be given the right to vote, according to Prime Minister David Cameron, who said yesterday that prisoners would never get the vote under his Government.
More Piracy Sites Could Be Blocked
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has written to the UK’s six major Internet service providers (ISPs) asking them to block three more file-sharing websites, as it says that they are illegally distributing music.
Law Proposal To Get More Women On Boards
As the European Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding proposes a new law in Strasbourg that would force all major European companies to have at least 40 per cent of their boards made up of women, a former BBC head of human resources claims he was forced out of his job after he tried to blow the whistle on sexual discrimination and harassment of women.
Cameron To Outline Tough But Intelligent Law And Order Stance
Prime Minister David Cameron will outline the Government’s new “tough but intelligent” stance on law and order in a speech later today, although aides say that this is not in a bid to shake off his ‘hug a hoodie’ reputation.