Crime Levels
Leading rural organisations have reacted positively to the High Court’s dismissal of Wild Justice’s ‘speculative’ attempt to judicial review Defra’s most recent burning legislation in England. The attempted judicial review had sought to disrupt the Heather and Grass Burning (England) Regulations 2021 that bans heather burning on our most protected sites with peat of more… Read more »
Northern Ireland’s blasphemy laws are unlikely to be repealed within the current session of the Assembly. Northern Ireland Humanists has been working with the relevant Ministers to bring forward repeal. The Department of Justice hoped to do so as part of a wider criminal law reform bill. But the Department of Justice has been unable… Read more »
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Gordon Brown said the government is working “behind the scenes” to tackle gun crime. The prime minister said he was pursuing a “calm and measured” approach to reducing gang violence, but said this may include new legislation. The Conservatives have attacked Labour for trying to legislate their way out of gun and gang violence, rather… Read more »
Nearly 3,000 crimes were committed last year where the suspect was too young to be prosecuted, new figures obtained by the BBC show. A freedom of information request by the BBC revealed about 1,300 incidents of criminal damage and arson. There were 66 sex offences where suspects were under ten-years-old in England and Wales. Under… Read more »
