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Govt in push to 'design out' crime
Use design to beat crime, govt calls

The government is supporting a new initiative intended to ‘design out crime’. The Home Office is teaming up with designers to encourage businesses to think of the appeal to criminals when designing new products and services. Ministers believe products and architecture can be modified to make crime less attractive or harder to carry out. An… Read more »

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Lords warn of 'lawless' internet
Govt urged to clean up ‘wild west’ of internet

Peers have warned the government must take action to prevent the internet descending into a lawless “wild west”. The House of Lords science and technology committee said the government is doing too little to improve security on the internet and risks undermining public confidence in the service. At present, ministers say individual users should take… Read more »