Being Seen To Be Done

Community Payback

Five lads in high vis jackets are paying back the community for the crimes they committed by tidying up a patch of grass near my house.
How do I know this? It says Community Payback on the back of their jackets.

There doesn't appear to be a single banker or expenses fiddling MP
amongst them though.

Misfits

Community Payback is essentially the replacement for Community Service, also more recently called Community Punishment. Courts are given the power to sentence offenders of certain crimes to undertake between 40 and 300 hours of Community Payback. This work is unpaid and demanding work that is aimed at giving something to local communities and forcing offenders to repay the community for the wrong they have done. You can nominate a local project or vote for the project that you wish to see benefit from unpaid labour.