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Amid an epidemic of assaults on store staff across the U.K., the British government is introducing legislation bringing tougher penalties for perpetrators.

Ministers face demands to allow journalists to cover prosecutions after claims of missing evidence and rushed convictions

Prosecutions of speeding, TV licence fee offences and truancy must no longer be held behind closed doors, magistrates have demanded.

Each year, tens of thousands of UK citizens are charged with non-payment of their TV licence fee – from the man who missed payments while in hospital, to a woman with a brain injury who forgot to pay

A post-election government will inherit one of the most challenging contexts of any government since the Second World War, says the IPPR. Public services are failing, satisfaction rates are at record lows and waiting lists are soaring.

Next government will inherit most challenging situation in public services since second world war, IPPR says

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Female viewers are being disproportionately targeted for not paying the licence fee. It’s got to stop

The imposition of far-reaching and highly unusual reporting restrictions resulted in the “sacred principle of open justice” being “abandoned” during the Lucy Letby trial, a leading barrister has said.

A 99-year-old is among hundreds of people aged over 70 who have been fined by closed-door courts for minor motoring offences.