Buses and trams burned in Dublin riots after children injured in knife attack November 24, 2023 Buses and trams have been torched and a shop looted during riots in Dublin city centre after a woman and three young children were injured in a knife attack near a school.
City of London awash with drug money, top MPs warn November 10, 2023 Illicit profits from the drugs trade are being “washed” in the City of London, a group of senior MPs have warned.
‘Tough on crime’: Will Sunak’s law and order focus deliver at the polls? November 7, 2023 The government has denied plans to lock up killers, rapists and grooming gangs for longer are simply a bid for votes ahead of the next general election - but could the policy prove to be a vote winner?
Rights groups slam new plans on categorising extremism November 5, 2023 Human rights groups have criticised government plans to label anymore “undermining” the UK’s values as an extremist.
Madness star Suggs challenges corporate Britain to give ex-offenders another chance November 4, 2023 Legendary Madness frontman Suggs challenged 300 business people to give ex-offenders another chance.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried facing decades in jail as he’s convicted of defrauding crypto customers November 3, 2023 Bankman-Fried, 31, could face decades in prison after prosecutors said he cheated thousands of customers of billions of dollars before the collapse of his companies in November, 2022.
Government stuck in public services ‘doom loop’, top think tank warns October 30, 2023 The government is stuck in a “doom loop” with the UK’s public services “in a dire state”, a top think tank has warned. An annual report on UK public services has forecast that almost all services, other than child social care, could perform worse in 2027-2028 when compared to pre-pandemic levels. This is due to [...]
Will the Economic Crime Act tackle the UK’s £350bn fraud issue? October 26, 2023 The government's legislation designed to tackle economic crime received royal assent today after months of back and forth between the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Rishi Sunak: UK shouldn’t ‘rush to regulate’ AI despite dossier of dangers October 26, 2023 Rishi Sunak has said the UK “shouldn’t be in a rush to regulate” the development of artificial intelligence (AI) despite a dossier of potential dangers laid out by the government. The Prime Minister made a speech on the risks and rewards of the new technology at the Royal Society this morning ahead of the UK’s [...]
Brits lose ‘staggering’ £580m to fraud in six months as banks urge Big Tech to do more October 25, 2023 After Fraudsters took £580m from Britons in 2023, the banking trade association UK Finance called the issue a "national security threat".