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By Ian Dunt The government backed down on previous announcements concerning the DNA database today, by promising not to hold innocent people’s DNA for longer than six years. The announcement constitutes a U-turn on previous declarations, which planned for a maximum 12 year retention period. The retention of juveniles’ DNA is also set to undergo… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Unemployment fell just short of 2.5 million in the three months to September. The figures were pushed upwards by this year’s university graduates, no longer in full-time education appearing on the figures. According to the Office for National Statistics unemployment rose by 30,000 in the three months to September to 2.46 million…. Read more »