UK Finance and Which? have urged ministers to compel major tech and telecoms companies to share the financial burden of combating online fraud. In a joint letter to key cabinet ministers, they highlighted that voluntary measures have failed to significantly reduce fraud, with nearly 75% of authorised push payment fraud originating online. The letter warned:…

An ombudsman has issued a warning that more inmates will die unless urgent measures are taken to address drug use and staff shortages at HMP Mount in Hertfordshire. The report follows the overdose death of Max Marchant, who was moved to a wing “overrun” with psychoactive substances shortly before his death. The Prisons and Probation…

The family of John Barnett, a Boeing whistleblower who took his own life, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the aerospace firm. The lawsuit alleges that the company’s conduct was the “clear, foreseeable cause” of Mr Barnett’s death, claiming that he was subjected to a campaign of harassment, abuse and humiliation after he raised…

Nicholas Prosper has been sentenced to a minimum of 49 years in prison for murdering his mother and two siblings after they foiled his bid to execute a mass school shooting. Prosper, who idolised the Sandy Hook shooter, had meticulously planned the attack on his former primary school. During sentencing, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb stated: “Although…

Academics argue that protesters charged with nonviolent offences should not be compelled to renounce their motives in court. Dr Graeme Hayes from Aston University said: “The way courts handle protest trials forces activists into an impossible position – either abandon their political stance or face harsher punishment.” A study, published in the Oxford Journal of…

HMRC is to launch a new tax whistleblowing system to encourage people to come forward with information on tax dodgers. Tax minister James Murray said improved incentives will be offered to those willing to expose complex fraud, bringing payouts form the tax office into line with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the US. More…