🆕 blog! “It has never been cheaper to commit a crime”

The UK has what is known as a "Standard Scale" of fines for criminal acts. For example, breaking the law may incur "a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale". Part of the reasoning behind this, so I understand, is to make it simpler for the Government to update the value of those […]

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 @2fd7551e also though, fines only disincentive low income folks, and are just a minor inconvenience for the rich.
My current income is somewhat below average at the moment, and even I was recently weighing up the cost of a parking fine vs the alternative (I decided it was worth risking the fine).