| | | | | Today the Howard League writes for us about the impact of mandatory court charges. The new fees which were the parting shot of former justice secretary Chris Grayling have seen a mother who stole three bottles of milk and a woman found begging in a car park ordered to pay out. But it would appear the charges are also having unintended consequences for some victims of crime.
We also examine attempts to link Labour leadership front-runner Jeremy Corbyn to figures with anti-Semitic beliefs. The response by Corbyn and his supporters has so far failed to deal with the problem. We argue that if he fails to seriously tackle the issue now, then it could finish him in the eyes of the British public.
We also look at today's Public Health England report on vaping which shows that e-cigarette use is much less harmful than smoking cigarettes. But with so much misinformation out there, the technology which appears capable of saving millions of lives, risks being dismissed by many people.
Elsewhere, we hear from the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) who warn that bombing Syria would be playing right into the hands of Isis. They look at the impact of selling arms to the region and point to the recent bombing of Iraq as evidence that more bombs are not the answer. | | Latest Articles
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On Aug 19, 2015 12:44 pm
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Read more... »
On Aug 19, 2015 12:43 pm
The perception that vaping is as dangerous as smoking cigarettes could be devastating
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On Aug 19, 2015 09:33 am
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Read more... »
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Cinderella suffers an unfortunate incident. Luckily, she got her insurance through a BIBA broker and everyone lived happily ever after.
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Opinion Formers articles
It can be difficult to get excited about acronyms, but last week the British Medical Journal published an article about QOF which got us very excited indeed.
Read more... »
The Tories' latest attacks on Trade Unions are about as vindictive and nasty as they could possibly get, and go further than even Thatcher would have dared.
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Chris Keates: 'Disappointingly, once again this year, tomorrow's announcement of the GCSE results is presaged by negativity about the examinations themselves'.
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