Losing your no claims bonus

Just when you think that this Government can't sink any lower they manage to surprise you.

Now, it seems, if you are the victim of a violent crime, and have committed a criminal offence at some point yourself, you will have any payment from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority slashed to save a few bob here and there.

Perhaps someone can tell me the link between a young mum fined for speeding at 35 in a 30 area because she thought the limit was 40 and then the same young mum, a couple of years later takes a wrong turn and ends up being gang raped by a bunch of teenage thugs because she happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

A simple speeding fine could cut anything from £1,350 to £3,375 off the maximum payout of £13,500 for gang rape and the only logic in that seems to be to save a few quid from treasury coffers. Whoever thought that little beauty up should hang their head in shame and any minister who approved it should resign.