Expert Witness Journal Issue 63 October 2025 - Flipbook - Page 122
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bikes orplease
scooters
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to us.
dangerously
or illegally,
please and
report
it to
us.
Together
we can
keep our streets
public
spaces
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we can keep our streets and public spaces
safe
for everyone.
safe for everyone.
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immediate
intervention,
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happen.
happen.
Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and
Lord Timpson,
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trialled
in West,
four Probation
regions
across
England
– the
South
North West,
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across
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of a new
£8 million
drive by
the
Chancellor
to enhance
criminal
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the Lord
Chancellor
to enhance
criminal surveillance
and
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safer streets
for communities
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pitched to
Ministers
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powered
home
monitoring
and
the use included
of synthetic
powered
home
monitoring
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of asynthetic
brain
cells
to replicate
the and
behaviour
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to illegal
replicate
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nose
detect
drug
nose to detect illegal drug use.
This announcement follows the introduction of
ThisSentencing
announcement
follows
of
the
Bill which
set the
out introduction
plans to reform
the Sentencing
Bill the
which
set crisis.
out plans to reform
sentencing
and end
prison
sentencing and end the prison crisis.
In the Spending Review, the government announced
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Spending
Review,
the government
that
Probation
Service
will receive announced
up to £700
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to £700
million,
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increase
funding.
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in funding.
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funding
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tensincrease
of thousands
more o昀昀enders
funding
will mean
of thousands
more o昀昀enders
can
be tagged
and tens
monitored
in the community.
can be tagged and monitored in the community.
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