“Tireless Pauline McIntyre, who works in one of the UK’s most deprived areas, says family law is unfairly seen as a soft target.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Archive for the 'poverty' Category
Legal aid cuts will harm children, says champion of justice for the poor – The Guardian
Published April 18, 2011 budgets , legal aid , news , poverty Leave a CommentMinisters ignoring Child Poverty Act, warn family campaigners – The Guardian
Published April 4, 2011 children , local government , news , poverty , social services Leave a Comment“Child poverty campaigners have written to the government warning ministers that they have broken a legal commitment to implement the Child Poverty Act fully.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Better worker rights laws urged to tackle poverty – BBC News
Published February 9, 2010 employment , news , poverty Leave a Comment“Laws protecting workers’ rights must be improved to tackle poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.”
BBC News, 9th February 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (Friends of the Earth and another) v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – WLR Daily
Published August 3, 2009 energy , judicial review , law reports , ministers' powers and duties , poverty , statutory duty Leave a Comment“On an application for judicial review of the Secretary of State’s alleged failure to take steps to implement targets specified in the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy, and in particular for eliminating fuel poverty ‘as far as reasonably practicable’, where the legal obligation on the Secretary of State had been defined in terms of effort and endeavour, arguments as to the desirability of the Government’s policy on the use of available money were not apt to found an argument of breach of statutory duty and judicial review, absent a rationality challenge.”
WLR Daily, 31st July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Government bid to extend ‘human rights’ prompts fears of nanny state – Daily Telegraph
Published March 23, 2009 human rights , news , poverty Leave a Comment“Entitlement to good health care, education and freedom from poverty could be enshrined in law under the green paper to be published by Justice Minister Jack Straw.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Friends of the Earth v Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – WLR Daily
Published October 29, 2008 energy , judicial review , law reports , poverty Leave a Comment“In the absence of a rationality challenge or a demonstrated failure to implement identifiable provisions of the strategy for the reduction of fuel poverty published by the defendant Secretaries of State in accordance with the duty imposed by s 2(1) of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000, it was not open to the court to review the policy decisions of the defendants as to the way in which they should go about the implementation of the strategy, including the requirement that efforts be made to achieve the targets specified as far as reasonably practicable.”
WLR Daily, 29th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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