The U.K.'s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has backed a total ban on smacking children. Currently, it is totally illegal in Scotland and Wales, but unlawful in England and Northern Ireland except in cases where it amounts to a "reasonable punishment" — a distinction the RCPCH says shouldn't exist. Prof Andrew Rowland, RCPCH officer for child protection, told @BBCNews: "Now is the time for this Victorian-era punishment to go."

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Does anyone get the impression that despite all that time in office, Labour didn’t actually plan for anything at all? Now it is the courts and rape prosecutions.

Election manifesto promise to set up specialist tribunals to deal with huge backlog of cases has been put on hold.

I suppose it is not their fault - they didn’t have anyone at any level in the party who understood the problems.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/04/labour-retreats-on-rape-courts-pledge-amid-fears-over-shortage-of-lawyers

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It is an interesting question as to whether an Anglican archbishop can actually be fired. It's a direct appointment by the Crown. Direct action by KC3 might have caused an uproar about the King interfering in politics, even though the Crown is legally supposed to be the fount of justice. Some people would get far more upset about a monarchy being a monarchy than about Mary Whitehouse's lawyer caning teenagers.

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Four major UK supermarkets accused of misleading ‘freshly baked’ bread claim
Real Bread Campaign makes trading standards complaint over marketing by Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Lidl and Co-op https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/11/four-major-uk-supermarkets-accused-of-misleading-freshly-baked-bread-claim #uklaw Australia had a similar case under consumer law a while back. #auslaw #advertising

UK disposable vapes ban likely to become law after lack of objections https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/29/uk-disposable-vapes-ban-very-likely-to-become-law-after-lack-of-objections #vaping #Uklaw #Ukpol

Disposable vapes to be banned in UK as part of drive to curb youth vaping https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/28/disposable-vapes-ban-uk-curb-youth-vaping #smoking #vaping #uklaw #ukpol

Post Office victims are promised justice. But as Windrush families know, you can’t trust these politicians | Amelia Gentleman https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/16/post-office-victims-windrush-families-trust-politicians #uklaw #ukpol

The abuse of unaccountable power is at the wicked heart of the Post Office scandal | Andrew Rawnsley https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/13/abuse-of-unaccountable-power-at-wicked-heart-of-post-office-scandal 'Politicians, civil servants and the judicial system were complicit in their disdain of those fighting to clear their names'. #uklaw #ukpol

Thatcher ‘utterly shattered’ by MI5 revelations in Spycatcher, files reveal https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/29/thatcher-utterly-shattered-by-mi5-revelations-in-spycatcher-files-reveal #spycatcher #auslaw #confidentialinformation #uklaw

Michelle Mone and ministers trade claims over her hidden links to PPE deals https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/18/michelle-mone-and-ministers-trade-claims-over-her-hidden-links-to-ppe-deals #COVID19 #getmeppe #uklaw

Proposed smoking ban would improve UK public health – but tobacco industry opposition could be a major roadblock https://theconversation.com/proposed-smoking-ban-would-improve-uk-public-health-but-tobacco-industry-opposition-could-be-a-major-roadblock-217221 @ConversationUK #UKlaw #UKpol #smoking #tobaccoendgame

Health charities welcome Sunak’s plan to curb smoking in England https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/04/health-charities-welcome-sunaks-plan-to-curb-smoking-in-england PM’s aim to gradually increase age at which people can buy cigarettes described as ‘incredibly positive step forward’. #smoking #UKlaw #UKpol #tobacco #tobaccoendgame