All Government & politics articles – Page 219
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NewsMedia take-down plans ditched
Proposals to enable the attorney general to order media organisations to remove online archive material creating a risk of contempt are abandoned.
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NewsPeers back bill to make pre-nups binding
The bill introduced by Lady Deech amends the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
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NewsMoJ axes £127m IT project
Troubled project to join up the department’s back office systems will be outsourced to Steria.
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NewsResidence test breaches UN convention, say parliamentarians
The Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for the provision to be withdrawn ‘immediately’.
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NewsGovernment tells Saatchi to amend innovation bill
Health minister Earl Howe gave broad support for the bill, which would lift liability restrictions for doctors who want to innovate in cancer treatments.
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OpinionStill working on our ABS
The first local authorities applied for ABS licences last year and are still waiting for approval. What’s the hold up?
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NewsMinisters ‘shelve Land Registry sell-off’
Press reports say that the industry secretary has cancelled plans to turn the bulk of Land Registry into a commercial venture.
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NewsFlexible hours reform ‘could change culture’
Partners will not see the benefits, say experts, but gender imbalance could be addressed.
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NewsWhistleblower protection failure
Employment lawyers believe decision not to create legislation for partners leaves uncertainty.
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Manorial rights probe
House of Commons Justice Committee is to hold an inquiry into manorial rights to inform any future review of the law.
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NewsGovernment will not legislate to protect whistleblowing partners
Further legislative change will not be necessary to cover members of LLPs, the government says.
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NewsMoJ figures paint stark picture of aid decline
Official statistics show the volume and cost of cases was falling before the LASPO cuts came in.
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NewsRegistry presses on with land charges takeover
Changes to go ahead despite 95% opposition in consultation.
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NewsMPs promise fourth report on car insurance costs
Report will focus on progress of accredited whiplash panels.
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NewsShiner accuses Grayling of ‘personal vendetta’
Legal Aid Agency inquiry into Phil Shiner and his firm Public Interest Lawyers is a ‘distraction’.
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NewsGovernment temps cost taxpayer £161m
Spending comes amid a central government freeze on non-payroll recruitment.
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ProfileSolicitor receives death threats
Phil Shiner victim of death threats following his firm’s attempts to prosecute British soldiers for alleged war crimes in Iraq.
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Psychiatric nurse pledge for police stations
The nurses will help ‘divert’ the mentally ill away from the criminal justice system, Jeremy Wright has promised.
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Opinion
Protecting workers’ rights
The best way to end employee claims and related costs is for employers to act fairly and without discrimination.
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OpinionGrayling should embrace the fourth revolution
The lord chancellor’s Public Defender Service strategy illustrates the tendency of the state to grow, no matter what.