This a small change in practice, but, it is a difference which will change lives, reduce crime and help stop the merry-go-round in our prison estates.
Fraud Awareness Week is a chance to reflect on the huge costs such crimes impose on British business.
It is not fair to have parallel immigration systems – with those applying fairly sitting in a long queue that never moves forward, while others arrive under the steam of criminal gangs.
Apprenticeships aren’t always reaching the 16 to 18 year-olds who need them most
Government needs to work with the grain of local opinion to avoid backlashes such as those against Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.
Ministers must make sure the new Online Safety Bill is fit for purpose, can adapt to new technology, and compasses encrypted platforms.
Here are my suggestions to ministers of five things they must focus on to truly bear down on the challenge that the volume of crime in our times presents.