There is to be renewed energy pumped into the measures to ensure London is not crippled by computer failure at the turn of the century.A new London Readiness 2000 Team will take a strategic overview of efforts to ensure the utilities, emergency services, health, transport and local government are prepared for the switch to the new millennium.
Minister for London Nick Raynsford said their job would be to identify risks and where further work was required: “There is no room for complacency. 

The Government’s Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill sets out how it plans to reduce offending among young people, and to protect witnesses.It contains a new punishment for the courts to award - referral to a youth offender panel whose task is to prevent first offenders re-offending.
Tasks set by the panel might include making an apology to the victim, carrying out community work or drug rehabilitation. 

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Looks at crossing the public-private divide in the UK, citing a number of individuals who have transferred in one direction or the other.