However, he said the officers who shot him thought that he was a suicide bomber. The “office” of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, will be prosecuted under sections three and 33 of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), the CPS said It was not a prosecution against him personally. Stephen O’Doherty, the senior reviewing lawyer, said a number of individuals had made “errors in planning and communication” in the operation that led to the death of the innocent 27-year-old Brazilian. The Crown Prosecution Service said there was “insufficient evidence” to prosecute any of the individual officers involved in the operation on July 22 last year at Stockwell Tube station in south London.
The Metropolitan Police is to be prosecuted for failing to provide for the health, safety and welfare of Jean Charles de Menezes on the day he was shot seven times in the head by anti-terror officers. Police officers who shot and killed Jean Charles de Menezes at a Tube station will not be charged, it was announced today. The Prime Minister, who is expected to be questioned by police investigating the “cash for honours” affair, hinted at his line of defence in an interview with BBC1’s Politics Show..

Tony Blair has claimed that no one in the Labour Party has sold honours or peerages, and insisted there is nothing wrong with giving a seat in the House of Lords to someone who has donated money to a political party. Asked during the G8 summit in St Petersburg whether he would attend the world leaders’ next annual gathering in Germany in a year’s time, he told the BBC’s Politics Show: “I’ve made it clear all the way through, I carry on doing the job and so I look forward to next year’s G8 of course.”. Tony Blair has said that he intends to stay on as Prime Minister for at least another year, defying fresh Labour demands that he should leave Downing Street this autumn. But since Tony Blair’s announcement in May that nuclear power was “back on the agenda with a vengeance”, the organisation has had a 300 per cent rise in new members.. CND’s membership fell from a peak of 110,000 in 1983, when the Cold War made nuclear weapons a burning issue, to 32,000 last year.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has signalled its resurgence by agreeing a 50 per cent increase in its staffing levels and campaigning budget as it fights the Government’s plans to replace Trident and allow a new generation of nuclear power stations. “We’re not unique, we’re not the only country debating immigration, law and order at the moment. All countries are,” he told the BBC.The Prime Minister said plans to bring in a national identity card scheme would go ahead on the original timetable.Mr Reid faces a setback on Thursday with the publication of crime figures showing that robberies and muggings have risen sharply in the past year.. The following day, he will announce changes to make the criminal justice system “fit for the 21st century”. Other measures will include closer supervision of dangerous criminals who win early release.

Next week he will shake up the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, which came in for criticism over the release of more than 1,000 foreign prisoners who were not considered for deportation.Yesterday Tony Blair admitted the Home Office was not “fit for purpose” but insisted the Government had made “tremendous progress” on issues such as crime levels, police numbers and anti-social behaviour. Today he will outline measures to tackle serious crime in a blueprint for the Serious Organised Crime Agency.On Wednesday, he will reform the Home Office’s structure and way of working after admitting that parts of it were not “fit for purpose”. The present six-year time limit will be extended following the case of the rapist Iorworth Hoare, who won £7m on the lottery.Mr Reid faces a critical two weeks as he seeks to regain the initiative on law and order after a baptism of fire since succeeding the sacked Charles Clarke in May. Mr Reid condemned his minimum sentence of just over five years as “unduly lenient” but Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General, decided not to refer the case to the Court of Appeal.Yesterday allies of Mr Reid denied that the new rules were a response to a single case but confirmed that they would address the issues raised by the Sweeney affair.The Home Secretary will also change the law to make it easier for victims of crimes to sue offenders for compensation. The Home Secretary will announce measures to “rebalance” the system in favour of victims. People convicted of the most serious offences will no longer be eligible for automatic early release halfway through their sentences.
The move follows the outcry over the case of Craig Sweeney, a paedophile who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl.

And while some credit cards now offer “free” travel insurance, customers usually have to pay a card fee elsewhere for these additional services.. John Reid will unveil a shake-up of the Home Office and the criminal justice system this week in an attempt to restore public confidence in the Government’s law and order strategy. “Some insurers will even waive your excess if you tell them you hold an EHIC,” Mr Mason adds.Whatever you do, don’t join the ranks of the 2.5 million Britons who, reports online insurer Swiftcover , travelled without insurance last year – the medical bills could be daunting.Many people ignore travel policies because they think they have adequate cover elsewhere – on their home insurance, current account or credit card.But Robin Reames of Swiftcover warns that household policies do not always cover medical expenses while abroad; won’t pay out for a cancelled trip; and don’t always cover loss or theft of personal possessions.”Even with an ‘all risks’ level of cover on a household policy – where it is possible to claim for items that are lost, stolen or damaged abroad – this often affects the no-claims discount.”The cover provided by banks, he adds, can be limited, covering medical expenses only. At present, this is not the case with travel agents.Always check that your travel policy is right for your trip, and shop around on price. Cover sold this way is often expensive and, warns new research from the consumer body Which?, may be sold without the right questions being asked.