Most people understand the importance of surveillance in creating a safe society – surveys suggest mass public support of CCTV in a public space. However, people aren’t always prepared to give up their privacy to facilitate tighter monitoring of criminals. However, before an organisation adopts BMV, they need to weigh up the pros and cons of using means of surveillance, which will help them decide whether it will prove a sound investment.
A report has called for proper regulation of funeral plans, after finding that relatives of people who paid for their funerals in advance could be forced to hand over more money in costs after they've died.
Proposed new guidelines on the sentencing of manslaughter, published by the Sentencing Council, recommend that courts adopt a tougher approach to those who are aware of but fail to respond to a risk of death.
New guidelines for sentencing offenders found guilty of child cruelty have been proposed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, an independent non-departmental body of the Ministry of Justice.
Ofsted has vowed to crack down on extremism in schools, stressing that schoolchildren need to be equipped with the "knowledge and resilience" required to combat the violent rhetoric "peddled" by hate preachers.
The UK government has confirmed that it will ban fees to letting agents in England, but the industry says that the cost of the new measure will inevitably be passed on to tenants regardless.
