The Trump-appointed leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to fire nearly all of its 1,700 employees in three phases, according to employee testimony. Meetings with senior CFPB leaders and Department of Government Efficiency members revealed a plan to cut the workforce in stages, ultimately leaving only a skeleton crew. The agency has already initiated layoffs, halted work, and reversed course on consumer protection cases, leading to legal challenges and suspensions of actions.
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Father who reversed over son, 3, with telehandler jailed for 12 months
Neil Speakman, a father from Bury, Greater Manchester, was jailed for 12 months after reversing into his three-year-old son, Albie, with a farm vehicle, causing fatal injuries. Although Speakman was cleared of gross negligence manslaughter, he admitted to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act for failing to ensure Albie's safety. The sentencing judge emphasized that caring for his son should have been the top priority and that the tragic incident could have been...
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