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California Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence
Workplace violence is on the rise and has become the second leading cause of workplace fatalities in America. To attempt to address the issue head-on, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 553 on September 20, 2023. This bill makes...
Washington State Works to Combat Rising Traffic Deaths
In recent years, Washington State has witnessed a troubling increase in traffic fatalities, prompting officials to implement measures to reduce the number of accidents and improve road safety. The state reported 750 traffic fatalities in 2022. Spokane county has seen...
5 Things to Know If You’ve Been Charged with a Firearms Crime
Whether you are a gun owner facing accusations of improper storage or usage or have been charged with a more serious crime, such as assault with a deadly weapon, it is essential to understand your rights and options. In addition to the criminal justice system,...
What’s Behind the Increase in Fatal Accidents?
The new statistics for automobile accident deaths are out and the news isn’t good. The country saw fatal accidents rise in 2022 when experts thought they might decrease. The pandemic in 2020 significantly skewed accident data, but experts believed the pattern that...
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Lammy under fire after Algerian man released from prison in error
Police have launched a manhunt after another foreign criminal was released from prison by mistake.The Met Police said officers were carrying out "urgent enquiries" to locate the 24-year-old Algerian man, who was released in error from HMP Wandsworth last Wednesday.It...
Mini-mart crime network a ‘pull factor’ for illegal migrants, say MPs
1 hour agoShareSaveSam FrancisPolitical reporterShareSaveBBCSenior politicians have warned that a UK-wide criminal network uncovered by the BBC is acting as a pull factor for illegal migration to the UK.The Home Office has promised to investigate after a BBC...
Migrant who returned to UK after removal sent back to France
A migrant who returned to the UK by small boat less than a month after being removed to France under the "one-in, one out" scheme has been removed again.Home Office sources said a returns flight on Wednesday morning included the man who was removed on 19 September,...
Britain sliding ‘into economic crisis’ over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
2 hours agoShareSaveEmer MoreauBusiness reporterShareSaveGetty ImagesThe number of sick and disabled people out of work is putting the UK at risk of an "economic inactivity crisis" that threatens the country's prosperity, according to a new report.There were 800,000...
Reeves’ pre-Budget speech fails to rule out tax rises
12 minutes agoShareSaveJennifer Meierhans,Business reporter and Henry Zeffman,Chief political correspondentShareSaveBBCChancellor Rachel Reeves has said she will make "necessary choices" in the Budget after the "world has thrown more challenges our way".In an unusual...
Chris Mason: Could Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?
It has been called the 50-year tax taboo.It is more than half a century since a chancellor of the exchequer chose to put up the basic rate of income tax - that was Labour's Denis Healey, who delivered his Budget on 15 April 1975.Not once since have any of his...
‘Taxes are going up’ – BBC decodes Reeves’s pre-Budget speech
Henry Zeffman analyses what may be in the chancellor's upcoming budget plans. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnHenry Zeffman analyses what may be in the chancellor's upcoming budget...
We are ready to discuss human rights law changes, top ECHR boss tells BBC
3 hours agoShareSaveDominic CascianiHome and Legal CorrespondentShareSaveBBCThe political head of the body that oversees the European Convention on Human Rights has told the BBC that it is "absolutely ready" to discuss reforms amid pressure from the UK and other...
Calls for legal right to paid leave for IVF treatment
9 hours agoShareSaveGeorgia RobertsPolitical Correspondent ShareSaveSUPPLIEDNatalie Rowntree from North Yorkshire has recently started her IVF journey, and describes the process as "intense".The 38-year-old has had seven IVF-related appointments in the space of eight...
Online porn showing choking to be made illegal, government says
Online pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to be made illegal, as part of government plans to tackle violence against women and girls.It follows a review which found depictions of choking were "rife" on mainstream porn sites and had helped normalise...
China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police
An investigation into allegations that Sheffield Hallam University faced sustained pressure from China to shut down human rights research has been referred to counter-terrorism police.The BBC and the Guardian newspaper has been reporting that documents show that China...
Conservative Party nearly ran out of money, says Badenoch
38 minutes agoShareSaveSam FrancisPolitical reporter ShareSaveBBCKemi Badenoch said the Conservative Party nearly ran out of money when she took over as leader, following their worst-ever election defeat.Badenoch said she inherited a party facing internal problems,...