Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
16 Apr Justice & Home Affairs
Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
Home Office says new service will visit up to 10,000 people a day who are supposed to be isolating at home
Auditor sought to scrutinise work of MoJ
15 Apr Justice & Home Affairs
Auditor sought to scrutinise work of MoJ
Government Internal Audit Agency offers up to £117,800 a year for the right candidate
Home Office appoints director of homeland security
08 Apr Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office appoints director of homeland security
Former National Cyber Security Centre strategy director will lead Office for Security and Counter Terrorism
HMCTS could need ‘several years’ to deal with pandemic backlogs
30 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
HMCTS could need ‘several years’ to deal with pandemic backlogs
Constitution Committee report says rule of law is at risk because of delayed hearings, with the most vulnerable people the hardest hit
Priti Patel insists new asylum seeker plans do not break international law
24 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
Priti Patel insists new asylum seeker plans do not break international law
Government accused of ‘unjustly differentiate between the deserving and undeserving refugee’
Prisons chief Jo Farrar promoted to MoJ second perm sec
17 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
Prisons chief Jo Farrar promoted to MoJ second perm sec
Newly-created role brings together responsibility for HM Prison and Probation Service and three other delivery agencies
Next immigration watchdog appointed despite opposition from MPs
16 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
Next immigration watchdog appointed despite opposition from MPs
Home affairs committee refused to endorse David Neal, citing "insufficiently robust" recruitment process
Ministers commit to banning gay conversion therapy after advisers quit
15 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
Ministers commit to banning gay conversion therapy after advisers quit
Three members of government LGBT+ advisory panel have quit, citing a "lack of engagement" and "hostility" towards LGBT+ people
Civil servants 'kept in the dark' during decision to delay Brexit checks
12 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
Civil servants 'kept in the dark' during decision to delay Brexit checks
Move to delay import checks by six months the "latest example" of ministers excluding officials from decision making, union says
Government equality adviser quits over 'hostile environment' for LGBT+ people
11 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
Government equality adviser quits over 'hostile environment' for LGBT+ people
Jayne Ozanne said LGBT+ advisory panel has seen “an increasing lack of engagement” from ministers
Home Office housed asylum seekers in ‘unsafe’ barracks during Covid pandemic
09 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office housed asylum seekers in ‘unsafe’ barracks during Covid pandemic
Department says it expects ‘highest possible standards from our service providers and have instructed them to make improvements at the site’
PM plans £9m hi-tech ‘situation room’ in Cabinet Office
09 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
PM plans £9m hi-tech ‘situation room’ in Cabinet Office
White House-style nerve centre will form Whitehall focus of defence, security and foreign policy review next week
Home Office urged to improve 'disjointed' work on modern slavery
08 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office urged to improve 'disjointed' work on modern slavery
Immigration inspector finds "little evidence of a plan" to address flaws in work
Former Home Office perm sec Rutnam settles constructive dismissal case
04 Mar Justice & Home Affairs
Former Home Office perm sec Rutnam settles constructive dismissal case
Priti Patel spared employment tribunal appearance as ex-official reaches “six figure settlement” over departure from government
MPs refuse to endorse Home Office pick for next immigration watchdog
26 Feb Justice & Home Affairs
MPs refuse to endorse Home Office pick for next immigration watchdog
Despite an "impressive CV", panel says former army officer may not have the skills required for ICIBI role
MPs question Home Office progress on reform after Covid outbreak at asylum centre
25 Feb Justice & Home Affairs
MPs question Home Office progress on reform after Covid outbreak at asylum centre
MPs ask if officials are "seeing the face behind the case" after 178 asylum seekers contract virus in a month while held at barracks
Outsourcing giant Serco announces 36% hike in profit
25 Feb Justice & Home Affairs
Outsourcing giant Serco announces 36% hike in profit
Business insists £400m worth of coronavirus related contracts accounted for less than 1% of increase in underlying trading profit
MPs urge ministers to 'deliver on commitments' by speeding up key legislation
19 Feb Justice & Home Affairs
MPs urge ministers to 'deliver on commitments' by speeding up key legislation
Post-Brexit gap in environmental governance and sentencing bill among Liaison Committee's concerns
Home Office admits 112,000 people have had part of their police records deleted
09 Feb Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office admits 112,000 people have had part of their police records deleted
Former Met chief Lord Hogan-Howe to lead inquiry into the missing files, Home Office confirms
DWP accused of ‘gross incompetence’ after benefit claimant’s inquest
28 Jan Justice & Home Affairs
DWP accused of ‘gross incompetence’ after benefit claimant’s inquest
Disability advocacy group calls for inquiry into benefit-related deaths following coroner’s verdict on 27-year-old mother
Home Office's second pick to review Prevent programme criticised
27 Jan Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office's second pick to review Prevent programme criticised
Ex-Charity Commission chair William Shawcross has called Islam in Europe one of the "most terrifying problems of our future"
HMRC names new director general for customer service
19 Jan Justice & Home Affairs
HMRC names new director general for customer service
Myrtle Lloyd to leave role as HM Passport Office chief operating officer to join tax collection agency
Spending watchdog warns of pressures piling up for 'already stretched' MoJ
08 Jan Justice & Home Affairs
Spending watchdog warns of pressures piling up for 'already stretched' MoJ
Snapshot report contrasts shortage of prison places with boosted sentencing projections and delayed court hearings
Antonia Romeo named MoJ permanent secretary
04 Jan Justice & Home Affairs
Antonia Romeo named MoJ permanent secretary
DIT perm sec moves back to department where she spent 'majority of her career'