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Tenants need protection from feral letting agents
Many landlords engage letting agents to manage their property who seem to specialise in cunning scams to siphon renters’ cash Continue reading
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Tagged Article, Comment, Comment is free, Communities, Housing, Money, Penny Anderson, Property, Renting property, Society, UK news
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We’re in a mess over human rights. Prepare for mayhem
The commission on a bill of rights has ducked the big questions. With Ukip looming, we know how David Cameron will respond Continue reading
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Tagged Article, Chris Grayling, Comment, Comment & debate, Comment is free, Conservatives, David Cameron, Human rights, Human Rights Act, John Kampfner, Law, Main section, Politics, The Guardian, UK bill of rights, UK Independence party (Ukip), UK news
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For young people, a criminal record should not be a life sentence
It’s perverse that Bob Ashford has to withdraw his police commissioner candidacy because of a minor offence in 1966 Continue reading
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Tagged Article, Comment, Comment is free, Law, Mark Johnson, Police, Society, UK criminal justice, UK news, Young people, Youth justice
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In English courts justice must be seen to be done, and not just by the rich
Foreign litigants seem to have better access to courts than British taxpayers – who, after all, do fund the legal system Continue reading







Renters forced into downsizing by the bedroom tax will have nowhere to go
People pushed out of social housing into the claimant-averse private sector will struggle to find a home Continue reading →