3 articles
• via Daily Record
Scotland police-referred 14 twelve-year-olds and 415 under-18s for sexual offences over three years, routing them to welfare panels over courts. Amid 45% crime surge, the system prioritizes child rights over deterrence and victim justice.
• via The Standard
TfL removes one graffiti tag every three minutes from Underground trains, yet Central line vandalism surges without arrests or deterrence. This exposes institutional reliance on cleanup over enforcement, deepening public transport decay.
• via The Guardian
Seven months after Labour promised to end mass food bank dependency, 14 million Britons—one in six households—are now food insecure. With working families increasingly reliant on charity, the government's failure to tackle the root causes of poverty is driving systemic decline and social unrest.