On 21 July 2020 the Department for Transport published its Statutory Standards for councils on taxi licensing. The Standards recommend that councils use the National Register of Taxi License Revocations and Refusals (NR3) delivered by NAFN to support effective due diligence. Click here to review the standards.
To all public sector organisations which acquire communications data (CD), please be aware the Security Minister has now signed the commencement order for the enactment of the remaining clauses in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA), which includes the repeal of CD provisions under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA). This came into […]
The Crown Prosecution Service thank the Department for Work and Pensions, Halton and Oldham Councils for supporting them in the successful prosecution of a fraudster who stole £1m in benefits. Over several years the fraudster claimed housing benefit, income support, disability living allowance and social fund payments amounting to just over £1m in fraudulently acquired […]
