The Health and Safety Executive has been criticised for running radio ads in which figures concerning work-related diseases caused by exposure to asbestos were stated as definitive when they were in fact based on estimates and overstating the number of deaths resulting from such exposure. Five ads were broadcast as part of a campaign to…
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It is reported in today’s Guardian that Baroness Scotland identified the sanction imposed on her by UKBA in connection with employing an illegal worker as civil. She told Sky News: “This is a civil penalty, just as if you drive into the city and you don’t pay your congestion charge or you overpay. It is…