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Sep 3, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Miriam Everett |Claire Wiseman |Lauren Hudson |Sara Lee |Alice Bourne |Davina Chu
On 7 August 2024, the ICO announced its provisional decision to issue a £6.09m fine to Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd ("Advanced"), for its failure to implement adequate data security measures which came to light following a ransomware attack on Advanced in August 2022.
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Aug 17, 2023 | 
lbc.co.uk | Alice Bourne
Caller wants 'total review' of benefits systemShelagh Fogarty heard from a distraught caller who "lies awake at night" thinking about inequality in the UK, calling for a "total review" of the benefits system.
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Aug 10, 2023 | 
lbc.co.uk | Alice Bourne
James O'Brien's furious reaction to NHS waiting timesEnraged by the government’s "train our own" NHS staff rhetoric, James O’Brien asks how that’s working out for them with "7.6 million people waiting to get an operation".
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
lbc.co.uk | Alice Bourne
In a scathing review of neighbourhood policing in the UK, David Lammy explains why petty crime should be taken seriously as the cost of ignoring could lead to "far worse crimes".
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Jul 30, 2023 | 
lbc.co.uk | Alice Bourne
Richard Branson, speaking to Andrew Castle, said that politicians don’t have the courage to speak out and admit drug policy failings and that reform should focus on an ‘acceptance’ that ‘millions of people do drugs.’Following the Global Commission on Drugs Policy calling for a renewed approach to decriminalising drugs, the British businessman told Andrew Castle, “I have watched the war on drugs for 60 years, I have seen that it's been an abject failure”.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
lbc.co.uk | Alice Bourne
David Lammy comments on the merits of affirmative action David Lammy asked listeners to look at the FTSE 100, even public sector firms and realise that “on the whole they come from middle class background and on the whole they go to private schools.” As Slaughter & May seeks out more working-class lawyers David Lammy broached the subject of affirmative action telling listeners: “My children aren’t living a working-class life, they’re absolutely living a middle-class life and opportunities...
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
lbc.co.uk | Alice Bourne
‘This is only the tip of the iceberg’: Chemical weapons expert banned from government event James O’Brien heard from chemical weapons expert Dan Kaszeta, who was banned from a Government conference, saying that an apology "doesn’t address the underlying issues," and so he's "not finished yet".
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
lbc.co.uk | Alice Bourne
Carol Vorderman defends herself after Tory backlashCarol Vorderman has launched a blistering attack on Johnny Mercer's wife claiming she had been harassing her with "60 tweets" a day to the extent that she "almost felt like reporting her.":Carol told LBC's James O'Brien that she "almost felt like reporting" Felicity Cornelius-Mercer following due to the social media attacks.
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Jul 11, 2023 | 
lbc.co.uk | Alice Bourne
'Shocking' healthcare in Shropshire leaves residents 'terrified'Nick Ferrari hears from a caller who drives her children “all the way down to London” to see a GP in Fulham because she doesn’t trust child healthcare services in her area.
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Jul 10, 2023 | 
lbc.co.uk | Alice Bourne
Caller suggests JSO generates such a visceral reaction because we now protest lessThis caller shared his theory that we, as a nation, are so shocked by Just Stop Oil because we have got "too comfortable" and have forgotten "how to be radical". James O’Brien heard from a caller who argued that in the UK we used to have “purpose” when we protested, but now “we’ve got a little bit too settled in our lives”.
