Failing UK drugs policy should take a leaf from Uruguay and Portugal December 16, 2013 DRUGS are harmful, whether they are legal or illegal. The challenge is how to reduce the harms they cause. For decades, countries have tried to stop drug use by handing out criminal justice sanctions. People are arrested, tried, and convicted, at vast expense. But this has not stopped the ready availability of a huge range [...]
Failing UK drugs policy should take a leaf from Uruguay and Portugal December 11, 2013 DRUGS are harmful, whether they are legal or illegal. The challenge is how to reduce the harms they cause. For decades, countries have tried to stop drug use by handing out criminal justice sanctions. People are arrested, tried, and convicted, at vast expense. But this has not stopped the ready availability of a huge range [...]
What today’s Court of Appeal ruling means for FCA prosecutions May 21, 2014 Today’s ruling in the UK’s Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of a lower court to effectively halt a fraud prosecution pursued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The regulator has applauded the ruling, stating that it “is committed to pursuing criminal action in appropriate cases” and is “pleased that this case can now [...]
What today’s Court of Appeal ruling means for FCA prosecutions May 21, 2014 Today's ruling in the UK's Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of a lower court to effectively halt a fraud prosecution pursued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The regulator has applauded the ruling, stating that it "is committed to pursuing criminal action in appropriate cases" and is "pleased that this case can now [...]
Libor trials in jeopardy over legal aid cuts May 1, 2014 BRITAIN’S anti-fraud regime could fall to pieces if more cases collapse from a lack of legal aid funding, insiders at the UK’s enforcement agencies warned yesterday. It comes after a judge at Southwark Crown Court halted a fraud case, worked on by the Prime Minister’s lawyer brother, because the five accused could not find a [...]
It’s time to end the cruel delusion of cheap money and reckless spending | City A.M. December 4, 2013 GEORGE Osborne will present his Autumn Statement to a country in the grip of a cruel economic delusion, perpetrated against the poor and the aspirational. Welfare states everywhere are spending chronically beyond their means while papering over the cracks with easy money. Budget 2013 forecast spending in excess of receipts of about £9bn a month. [...]
It’s time to end the cruel delusion of cheap money and reckless spending | City A.M. December 4, 2013 GEORGE Osborne will present his Autumn Statement to a country in the grip of a cruel economic delusion, perpetrated against the poor and the aspirational. Welfare states everywhere are spending chronically beyond their means while papering over the cracks with easy money. Budget 2013 forecast spending in excess of receipts of about £9bn a month. [...]
It’s time to end the cruel delusion of cheap money and reckless spending December 2, 2013 GEORGE Osborne will present his Autumn Statement to a country in the grip of a cruel economic delusion, perpetrated against the poor and the aspirational. Welfare states everywhere are spending chronically beyond their means while papering over the cracks with easy money. Budget 2013 forecast spending in excess of receipts of about £9bn a month. [...]
G4S agrees to tagging payout as profits slide March 12, 2014 SCANDAL-STRUCK outsourcing firm G4S could still be liable for criminal charges relating to the prisoner tagging scandal, the government said yesterday, as the firm agreed to a £108.9m settlement. “I am satisfied on the basis of PwC’s forensic audit, and having taken appropriate advice, that this represents a good deal for the taxpayer,” said justice [...]
Lynch slams HP’s actions as misleading in Autonomy probe March 19, 2014 FORMER Autonomy chief executive Mike Lynch hit out at HP yesterday calling the US tech giant’s actions misleading in the investigation into Autonomy’s finances. Autonomy is currently at the centre of fraud investigations by the Serious Fraud Office and the US Department of Justice for its allegedly inflated profits prior to its $11bn (£6.74bn) takeover [...]