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Ferguson to increase fines

mercredi 31 décembre 2014 à 13:00

Ferguson is planning to raise more revenue by increasing fines.

Other information confirms that this includes fines for traffic offenses. That will fall heavily on the poor, increasing the oppression they already suffer. Some will be jailed because they can't pay these fines, which will be an excuse for other fines.

Campaigners demand living wage

mercredi 31 décembre 2014 à 13:00

Campaigners are putting labels on goods in UK stores that make demands to pay their workers a living wage.

Police officer hounded out of department

mercredi 31 décembre 2014 à 13:00

Police officer Joseph Crystal was hounded out of his department after reporting a thug for attacking a handcuffed prisoner.

The thug was convicted, got a slap on the wrist, and remains employed by the department.

Nightingale habitat to be bulldozed

mercredi 31 décembre 2014 à 13:00

The UK government has decided to permit the main nightingale habitat site to be bulldozed for new housing.

The lives of teenage mothers

mercredi 31 décembre 2014 à 13:00

US TV shows about the real lives of teenage mothers convinced thousands of US teenagers to avoid following that path.

It appears that these shows caused a 6% drop in the rate of teen pregnancy, from 2008 to 2012. (A further 11% drop was due to other causes.)