Foreign criminals face who commit crimes and receive prison sentences of 12 months or more are to be removed from the country under new Home Office rules.

Criminals are increasingly targeting homes during the economic recovery as figures showed burglaries have increased by 58,000 in 12 months.

Convicted criminals will be prevented from claiming money from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, under plans to be introduced next month.

Asked if there was any response to mortgage figures and retail sales, the PMS said that we didn t normally comment on monthly figures. These figures fluctuated from month to month and this was clearly a difficult time for the British economy as it was a difficult time for the global economy. This was why the Government was determined to take action and give real help to people now, in order to hel...

Stay tuned for coverage from 12:00. After a torrid month of self-inflicted wounds, this is a battle Cameron has to win. 12:01: And we're off. Brown remembers the two soldiers killed in Afghanistan recently. 12:02: Question about £50,000 for the Prime Minister's office. Brown says it's the first he's heard of it. 12:03: It's Jacqui Smith with a plant about whose crime ...

The French economy appears to be in an even worse state than experts predicted, although it is hardly alone in being in that grim condition. The total number of unemployed has reached 3.6 million, including a rise of 80,800 last month - a 10.4% increase on that month last year. The government is being asked by the left and the unions to spend more and do more. But are they being asked to poke thei...

The BBC is reporting some new tech research: Computer criminals could soon be eavesdropping on what you type by analysing the electromagnetic signals produced by every key press. Computer criminals? I assume they mistyped GCHQ?

Spin, spin spin... The U.S. economy gained more jobs in March than any other month in the last three years, according to a government report released Friday. The Labor Department said the economy gained 162,000 jobs in the month, compared to a revised reading of a 14,000 job loss in February. That makes March only the third month of gains since the recession began. Economists surveyed by Briefing....

The recession is far from over An important dose of realism on the economy from Ann Pettifor on CommentIsFree by ToUChstoneblog on 12/06/2009

I have to agree with Annabel Goldie that having people commit crimes that result in judges wanting to send these criminals to jail but there being no space is unsustainable. Something has to give. Money is tight and building new prisons would take time. What if we brought in a policy of sending criminals to foreign jails and paying other countries to house them for us? I'm not talking about a...