IPCC recommends better driver training following fatal collision involving a West Yorkshire Police vehicle – (IPCC outlines findings of investigation involving City of London Police officers ~ IPCC recommends improvements to Avon & Somerset Constabulary driver training following investigation ~ IPCC issues Taser recommendation following Andrew Pimlott investigation)
HMIC: Cumbria police custody – a mixed picture
Ministry of Justice: Smoking in prisons – (MoJ: Government to outlaw legal referral fees ~ MoJ: Clampdown on rogue claims management companies)
Environment Agency: Repeated raw sewage leaks, lead to one of the largest water company fines – (EA: Pub company fined £150,000 after polluting watercourse ~ EA: Run(a)way business operated illegally for more money)
DWP: Government overturns turban workplace rule
DH: Smoking in cars with children banned
BIS: New rights for consumers when buying digital content
CLG: Brandon Lewis raises the alarm over tenant safety
ScotGov: Proposals for bold action on reoffending – (ScotGov: ‘Right to rent’ plan raises rogue landlord fears ~ ScotGov: Fiscal Commission Bill published ~ ScotGov: Annual wildlife crime report ~ ScotGov: Inquiry into Historical Abuse of Children in Care)
Insolvency Service: Carbon credit company director hit with 15 year disqualification for involving his company in investment scam – (IS: Bridgend-based director gets 7 year disqualification for using money that could have gone to company creditors ~ IS: 8 years directorship ban for Luton chauffeur service owner ~ IS: Recruitment company directors get directorship bans for leaving creditors out of pocket ~ Insolvency Service: SSI steel works: information for employees and creditors)
Information Commissioner's Office: Be wary of public Wi-Fi – (ICO: ‘When we talk about offering digital services at the ICO we don’t mean driving customers to the least expensive contact channel’ ~ ICO issues largest ever nuisance calls fine)
Financial Conduct Authority: PS15/23: Consumer credit - feedback on CP15/6 and final rules & guidance – (FCA: Overall complaints fall by 2.1% but banking and credit card complaints increase ~ FCA proposes changes to pension rules to enhance consumer protection)
Findings of the FRC in respect of the accounts of blur Group plc for the year ended 31 December 2013 – (FRC's work to enhance justifiable confidence in audit through implementation of the EU Audit Regulation & Directive)
NCA: Op Captura ‘Most Wanted’ fugitive arrested in Germany – (NCA: Paedophile ring sentenced to 43 years in prison ~ NCA: Investigators follow up new lines of enquiry after appeal)
CMA opens new survey for users on GOV.UK – (CMA publishes final determinations on electricity distribution appeals ~ Ofgem welcomes CMA’s decision on appeals against the RIIO-ED1 price control ~ CMA provisionally clears water merger ~ CMA welcomes Ryanair’s withdrawal of challenge ~ CMA requests UK review of O2/Three merger)
Homeless Link: Lifesaving legislation for a faster response to opiate overdoses
Legal Aid Agency: Crime news: better case management rollout and new guidance
CBI comments on class action rules
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