Ahead of the renewal of emergency measures introduced under the Coronavirus Act in March, solicitors' leaders have warned that measures aimed aimed at tackling the coronavirus crisis hav disproportionately affected some of the motst vulnerable in society.
Firefighters will deliver food and medicines, drive ambulances, and retrieve dead bodies during the coronavirus outbreak in an unprecedented agreement between the Fire Brigades Union, fire chiefs, and Fire and Rescue Employers.
Mental health organisations are calling for an independent inquiry into the deaths of vulnerable people who rely on support from the social security system.
The Gambling Commisssion is unlikely to be fully effective in regulating a challenging and fast-changing industry within the current system, says the National Audit Office.
Advice UK says advisers routinely see bailiffs refusing reasonable offers of repayment, misrepresenting their powers, taking control of other people’s goods, failing to treat vulnerable people sympathetically and engaging in aggressive behaviour.