Tag: Mark White
Former head of Parole Board calls for inmates jailed indefinitely to...
Nick Hardwick was forced to resign last year in a row over the proposed release of the most notorious IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection) prisoner, taxi driver rapist John Worboys
Increased security offered to MPs amid rise in threats over Brexit
Police have confirmed that a national pool of more than 10,000 public order-trained officers is available within 24 hours, to deal with any significant disorder
Knife crime: PM hosts Downing St summit on ‘deep-seated’ problem
The so-called "public health duty" is being considered by the home secretary as part of a series of measures to tackle a recent surge in violence, which has seen knife crime reach record levels
More police allowed to use stop and search powers to combat...
Thousands more police officers will now be able to authorise enhanced search activity after the home secretary relaxed rules allowing officers at a lower level of seniority to use the tactic
Drug gangs fuel rise in British children forced into modern slavery
National Crime Agency (NCA) figures showed the number of modern slavery cases involving UK minors went from 676 in 2017 to 1,421 in 2018
Knife crime: Government’s extra £100m police funding is a ‘short-term fix’
John Apter spoke to Sky News at the end of Operation Sceptre, the annual week-long national drive against knife criminals, which has seen many hundreds of weapons taken off the streets
Knife crime crisis: Sajid Javid to hear from police on cost...
Sajid Javid gave chief constables until Friday to get back to him with a calculation of the funding required to deploy additional officers into knife crime hot spots to combat the rise in violence
Birmingham: Bleed control kits rolled out to combat knife crime epidemic
It comes as the chief constable of West Midlands' Police declared knife crime "an emergency" after three teenagers were murdered in less than a fortnight
How scrapping double jeopardy has brought killers to justice
Sunday marks 20 years since the Macpherson report into the Lawrence case recommended scrapping the centuries-old double jeopardy rule, which prevented a defendant, once acquitted, from being retried for the same crime
Prisons minister hails ‘significant progress’ after tougher security at problem jails
The last official figures showed violence was still increasing but Mr Stewart said governors at 10 prisons involved in a harm-reduction pilot had told him violence and drug-taking levels were now starting to reduce
