Essay On Three Examples Of Current Affairs That Affect Public Services And Citizens
P7 - Report on three examples of current affairs that affect public services and citizens.
M4 - Analyse the effects on citizens and public services of the way that three current affairs examples have been reported by the media.
Three current affairs in the UK that affect the Public Services and the citizens of society could be the change of government or government policies, war and terrorism and the cutbacks of the funding of the Public Services.
All of these three concerns have an effect on society. But the effect that they have depends on the way that the media describes the Public Services and citizens.
The change of government or government policies.
The change of government and government policies can have a huge effect on the citizens of society and public services. It can affect the funding of the public services not just in the amount but in how they are allowed to spend it.
(For example – The government could remove or implement the funding that allows the Police to provide security at football matches).
It would affect the citizens because for instance, using the example above, the cost of the tickets would increase because they would need to hire private security services. …show more content…
Because of these cuts (especially of the Police), the level of crime could increase. One of the reasons that the levels of crime could increase is because some of the crimes may not be reported as people don’t think there will be much chance in solving them. It could even result in crimes such as burglary, sexual offences, domestic abuse, criminal damage and theft from cars not being investigated and solved. Because these crimes aren’t being investigated or solved, citizens can become unsafe and unhappy. They could also blame everything on the police for being “lazy”. Criminals would then realise the possibility of being caught would be less likely and would be more likely to commit more
M4 - Analyse the effects on citizens and public services of the way that three current affairs examples have been reported by the media.
Three current affairs in the UK that affect the Public Services and the citizens of society could be the change of government or government policies, war and terrorism and the cutbacks of the funding of the Public Services.
All of these three concerns have an effect on society. But the effect that they have depends on the way that the media describes the Public Services and citizens.
The change of government or government policies.
The change of government and government policies can have a huge effect on the citizens of society and public services. It can affect the funding of the public services not just in the amount but in how they are allowed to spend it.
(For example – The government could remove or implement the funding that allows the Police to provide security at football matches).
It would affect the citizens because for instance, using the example above, the cost of the tickets would increase because they would need to hire private security services. …show more content…
Because of these cuts (especially of the Police), the level of crime could increase. One of the reasons that the levels of crime could increase is because some of the crimes may not be reported as people don’t think there will be much chance in solving them. It could even result in crimes such as burglary, sexual offences, domestic abuse, criminal damage and theft from cars not being investigated and solved. Because these crimes aren’t being investigated or solved, citizens can become unsafe and unhappy. They could also blame everything on the police for being “lazy”. Criminals would then realise the possibility of being caught would be less likely and would be more likely to commit more