Home Office minister Liam Byrne was fined £100 today with £30 costs and a £15 victim surcharge – eh? can someone explain to me what that is when it's at home – for being found guilty of using a mobile phone while driving.
He said:
Talking on a phone without a hands-free is wrong. I have apologised unreservedly to the court.
Is this a first? A government minister has ... APOLOGISED!
It's true that he attempted to claim that he was engaged in a jolly important call about deportation when he was pulled over.
But he has nonetheless said sorry.
I think I may have to go and lie down.
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Victim surcharge: another govt. scam - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6431401.stm
All fines for criminal offences will carry an additional "victims surcharge" of £15, the Home Office has announced.
The levy will be added on top of every fine handed out in court for a criminal offence from 1 April.
It will be paid into a fund aimed at helping improve services for victims of crime, and will be fixed at a flat rate regardless of the size of the fine.
However, they will not apply to fixed penalty notices after earlier plans provoked an outcry from motorists.
Thank you. I remember this now.
Another master-stroke by the government.
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