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Maximising Justice at a community level |
Offenders serving short custodial sentences will now be subject to supervision in the community and if they do not comply with the supervision requirements magistrates will have new powers to deal with them, including sending offenders back to custody for up to a fortnight. This will mean magistrates will play a crucial role in the rehabilitation of offenders and is just one of the ways the role of magistrates is being maximised to reflect modern society and to tackle stubbornly high levels of reoffending. |
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Paperlight Office Series Step 2 – Efficient Document Access for Active Files
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Remember how reducing defence forces in the Falklands proved costly in terms of both money and lives |
The MoD’s financial settlement in the next Comprehensive Spending Review must be made in the light of the need to retain a credible deterrent capacity in the country’s Armed Forces, says the Defence Committee in its report on Deterrence. The deterrent strength of the UK armed forces against conventional military threats is reliant on the credibility of the Armed Forces to project military power. Looking at the nuclear deterrent, the Committee points out that the UK’s ability to effect a nuclear response is not credible in dealing with all threats, and so strong conventional deterrence is also required. Chairman of the Committee, the Rt Hon James Arbuthnot, says: "Deterrence must be credible to be effective: Britain has to show the capacity and the will to respond proportionately and effectively to threats at every level. Recent events in Ukraine illustrate the speed with which new threats, and indeed the reappearance of old threats, can manifest themselves." |
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Let us hope that the 'light touch' is better managed than the financial one before the banking crisis! |
Sir Michael Wilshaw has argued that those schools currently judged good by Ofsted (60%) should no longer be subject to full routine inspections in the way they are now. Instead, they should receive more frequent, but light-touch visits every 2 to 3 years by one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI) - or a serving school leader working as an associate Ofsted inspector - whose job would be to engage in professional dialogue with senior staff. |
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Evidently they are all 'at it' |
New research published by the Committee on Standards in Public Life, shows that the UK’s long-term decline in public perceptions of standards in public life is part of a broader trend across Western democracies. |
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A few cracks appearing in the glass ceiling |
Lord Davies of Abersoch has published the third annual progress report into Women on Boards. 3 years on from the ground-breaking review in 2011, Lord Davies and his steering group report a growing number of women in decision-making roles. |
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Decades rather than years before Bankers restore their reputation at this rate |
Banks need to put the PPI problem right once and for all says Citizens Advice, as a BBC investigation says Lloyds Banking Group has been cutting the compensation it pays to payment protection insurance (PPI) claimants. |
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More proactive monitoring required to ensure timely action |
More must be done to identify & respond effectively to neglect at the earliest stages so that the most vulnerable children in our society do not remain too long in families where they come to harm, a new report from Ofsted says. The report, 'In the child’s time: Professional responses to neglect' draws on evidence from local authorities, their statutory partners and the views of parents and carers. |
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We all want safe & legal use of personal data |
The ICO has launched its latest corporate plan, with the Information Commissioner promising a fresh approach to the handling of issues raised by the public around data protection concerns. The changes will see a shift in focus, with cases brought to the ICO used to identify broader data protection problems and improve organisations’ current practices. The approach was first proposed in the ICO’s Looking Ahead, Staying Ahead public consultation in November 2013. |
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Making life less stressful for parents |
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has launched a new version of its special website for parents & others who help learner drivers with private practice. The website - www.helpingldrivers.com - gives advice about how to supervise private practice sessions, with tips for what to do before, during and after drives. It has been completely refreshed for the first time since its launch in 2006, thanks to funding from the Department for Transport. |
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Keeping it legal while saving money & time |
Schools across England will save more than £6.5m after the government struck deals with licensing companies for shared rights to use films, newspapers & television shows in classrooms. The licences previously had to be bought individually by schools and local authorities, often resulting in expensive and time-consuming negotiations. |
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What HMT says will happen to the '£ / Scottish £ / € / Groat in your pocket' |
With fewer than 200 days to go until the Scottish referendum, the UK Government has produced the latest edition in a series of information packs - focussing on money & the economy in the context of the independence debate. |
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