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Renationalised Probation Service
In 2015 reforms were passed to allow some of the National Probation Service responsibilities to be dealt with by private companies. Known as Community Rehabilitation Companies, or CRCs, the companies were responsible for low to medium risk offenders while probation continued to deal with high-risk offenders. Companies were invited to submit tenders in what was described as a “chaotic and...Read More
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Private Prosecutions – ‘Doing a Boris’
A District Judge sitting at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last week authorised that a summons be issued against the prominent Conservative member of parliament, Boris Johnson. The allegations relate to alleged conduct during the Brexit referendum campaign and in particular the £350m per week for the NHS slogan that adorned the side of campaign buses. Johnson has applied for a judicial...Read More
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