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Ministers verplichten het gebruik van tools die de cumulatieve blootstelling van individuen aan schokkende incidenten registreren De politie in Engeland en Wales staat voor een belangrijke opdracht met betrekking tot de mate van trauma die agenten en personeel ervaren, aangezien ministers het gebruik van "trauma tracker"-tools zullen verplichten om ervoor te zorgen dat de psychologische tol veroorzaakt door blootstelling aan overlijdens, misbruik en verwaarlozing wordt vastgelegd. Een witboek van het Home Office, gepubliceerd in januari, schetste een wetgevend streven om traumamonitoringsystemen verplicht te stellen voor alle 43 korpsen in Engeland en Wales. Lees verder...

Ongeveer 5.000 raadsleden en zes burgemeesters worden gekozen in Engeland, terwijl Schotland 129 MSP's kiest en Wales 96 leden van de Senedd selecteert. Hier is de verklaring van Nigel Farage aan de vooravond van de stemming. De leider van Reform UK zei: De Tories hebben geprobeerd de laffe Keir Starmer te verwijderen en zijn daarin mislukt. De enige manier om uiteindelijk de meest impopulaire en onpatriottische premier in onze levensduur te verwijderen, is door Reform te steunen. Lees verder...

Staff told to prosecute as quickly as they can, rather than waiting to gather all evidence, to tackle ‘climate of fear’ felt by Jewish communityProsecutors in England and Wales have been told to “fast-track” hate crime prosecutions after a spate of antisemitic attacks that the prime minister on Tuesday called a “crisis for all of us”.Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, issued guidance to his staff on Tuesday telling them to bring forward prosecutions against any sort of hate crime as quickly as they could, rather than waiting until they had gathered all possible evidence. Continue reading...

Matthew Pennycook says ending system must be done slowly to avoid hitting housing supply and legal pitfallsA ban on new leasehold properties in England and Wales is unlikely to come into force until after the next election, the housing minister has said, as he defended the government’s piecemeal attempts to dismantle the system.The long-promised end would take years to “switch on”, Matthew Pennycook said, even though the ban of leaseholds on new houses was passed in 2024 and the government intends to pass one on new flats soon. Continue reading...

Campaigners saying public spaces protection orders also being used to criminalise wide range of everyday activitiesOne in five local councils have banned swearing under new “busybody” orders, up from one in 20 councils in 2022.A new report by the Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life has found that public spaces protection orders (PSPOs) – originally intended to tackle serious anti-social behaviour – are being used by councils in England and Wales to criminalise a wide range of everyday activities, including standing in groups, shouting and picking up stones. Continue reading...

Tees Transporter Bridge and a former working men’s club in Barrow-in-Furness among sites at risk of decay or neglectTeesside’s Transporter Bridge, a disinfecting station in Hackney and a former working men’s club in Barrow-in-Furness have been included on a list ringing alarm bells for Victorian and Edwardian heritage.The Victorian Society has published its annual top 10 endangered buildings list, intended as a way of drawing national attention to at-risk places in England and Wales. Continue reading...

Police warn of violent pornography and ‘toxic’ influencers as suicides outstrip homicides for third year runningThe first teenage girl has been identified as having been driven to kill herself after domestic violence, as police chiefs blamed violent pornography and “toxic” influencers for being behind a rise in teen abuse.Suicides after domestic abuse have outstripped homicides for the third year running, according to the Domestic Homicide Project, which records deaths in England and Wales after domestic abuse. Continue reading...