Keir Starmer at it again..

[Templeton Peck]

Top judges join call for England and Wales to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14

Children can be investigated by police, charged with a crime and put on trial from age 10, the joint lowest age in Europe

www.theguardian.com

Hopefully this happens. Disgraceful product of knee jerk legislation from Blair.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Hopefully not.

 

[leedswolf]

Hopefully not.

????

 

[AndyWolves]

I find it nuts that the age a child becomes responsible for their actions and able to make informed decisions varies so much depending on what it is they're up to

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

????

To explain, I'm not sure there should be a DEFINITE criminal age of responsibility at all. Children mature at different ages.

I would much prefer a test on a case by case basis, using something like the M'Naghten rules for insanity. Did the child know what they were doing, and did the child know it was wrong.

That would be miles better than a blanket age for all cases.

 

[leedswolf]

To explain, I'm not sure there should be a DEFINITE criminal age of responsibility at all. Children mature at different ages.

I would much prefer a test on a case by case basis, using something like the M'Naghten rules for insanity. Did the child know what they were doing, and did the child know it was wrong.

That would be miles better than a blanket age for all cases.

Thanks.

 

[Templeton Peck]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2003178727241371940

 

[leedswolf]

Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told

Local government secretary writes to town halls warning them against ‘part-time work for full-time pay’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Templeton Peck]

Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told

Local government secretary writes to town halls warning them against ‘part-time work for full-time pay’

www.theguardian.com

Idiocy.

 

[catfishwolf]

I’ve gone to a four day week. After Covid, and some health issues, I struggled with a full week, so asked to drop a day.
I’m so much better at my job now, on the four days that I am working, because I have the energy that I need to do it properly.
I’m not good for much on the day I don’t work, but it means that I can spend weekends more meaningfully with my kids, jobs at home etc.

One of the best things I’ve ever done, and my school / students get more out of me as a result. I get paid pro rata for my basic salary, in full for my responsibility (I’m head of a small department).

If anyone gets the opportunity, and is lucky enough to be able to afford it, I’d recommend it.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I’ve gone to a four day week. After Covid, and some health issues, I struggled with a full week, so asked to drop a day.
I’m so much better at my job now, on the four days that I am working, because I have the energy that I need to do it properly.
I’m not good for much on the day I don’t work, but it means that I can spend weekends more meaningfully with my kids, jobs at home etc.

One of the best things I’ve ever done, and my school / students get more out of me as a result. I get paid pro rata for my basic salary, in full for my responsibility (I’m head of a small department).

If anyone gets the opportunity, and is lucky enough to be able to afford it, I’d recommend it.

What you’re doing is great. I think most people struggle to understand cutting a day with no increase in hours on the days you work and still getting the same pay.

 

[The Saturday Boy]

What you’re doing is great. I think most people struggle to understand cutting a day with no increase in hours on the days you work and still getting the same pay.

I get it. We have become brainwashed/conditioned that full time work is x hours for y wages when we should be looking at productivity in return for wages. There is plenty of research out there that points to increased productivity, increased efficiency, better well-being so decreased sickness absence, better use of resources and technology and makes an employer more attractive to better talent. We need to look at the organisation of work in new and innovative ways.