Jacqui Smith

'It Doesn't Have To Happen'

New anti-knife crime billboards launched by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith have been welcomed by our players. The billboards which go live in London today encourage young people and communities to stand together against knife...

Serious violent crime rises

Serious violent crime has risen over the past decade, a Home Office chief has admitted in a report leaked yesterday. Sir David Normington, the department's top civil servant, revealed offences like murder, rape and serious...

Public rejects high-street enrolment for ID cards

Less than 30 percent of the UK public wants to enrol for ID cards at private-sector retailers, despite the home secretary's promotion of such locations. Only 25 percent of more than 2,000 people questioned for the government's...

Corporate lap dance visits slammed

The Home Secretary has hit out at corporate high-fliers who entertain their clients at lap-dancing clubs. Jacqui Smith branded the practice "bizarre" as the Government prepared to unveil a crackdown on the sex trade that is...

Sex Workers: Practical Help, not Puritanism

I was going to write about the proposed ban on happy hour, another part of the current government’s reactionary and moralistic social agenda, but then this issue came up instead. So the defence of the £3 six pack of Carling...

Red tape 'stops police visiting crime victims' officers tell Jacqui Smith

Rank-and-file police officers have said Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's desire for them to visit every victim of crime in person is "laudable" but cannot be achieved without slashing red tape. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said...

Jacqueline Smith: Green is the colour of growth

Arthur Jordan chuckled when he came across minutes from a shareholder meeting held in 1982 - the business had decided to take a major leap forward and upgrade its rickety old typewriters for the newer golfball model. Now, as he...

BNP planning to seize control of police through direct elections

The British National Party is drawing up plans to win control over policing when the Government introduces direct elections for police authorities. Winning seats on police authorities would give the BNP influence over forces’...

Paying for sex? No more excuses

People who use prostitutes will soon face a hefty fine and a criminal record as part of a new crackdown on the sex trade. They will be breaking the law if they pay for sex with a woman being 'controlled for another person's...

Stranded in malaysia

A growing number of Malaysians are in a bind after their entry clearance applications were thrown out because they had allegedly breached the Working Holidaymaker Visa conditions while in Britain. Grounded and jobless in...

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