Horizon: Government to ‘explore feasibility’ of creating independent financial redress body
10 Oct Justice & Home Affairs
Horizon: Government to ‘explore feasibility’ of creating independent financial redress body
DBT responds in full to first phase of Horizon Inquiry on the Post Office scandal
Home Office DG set to become RSPCA top cat
09 Oct Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office DG set to become RSPCA top cat
Joanna Rowland will take over as animal charity chief executive at the beginning of December
Home Office appoints borders and immigration chief inspector
08 Oct Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office appoints borders and immigration chief inspector
Former submarine commander John Tuckett stands down as immigration services commissioner to take on ICIBI role with immediate effect
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood sets out major migration policy change
30 Sep Justice & Home Affairs
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood sets out major migration policy change
Mahmood said the government would soon consult on the proposed changes for migrants looking to settle in the United Kingdom
'Enormous opportunity': Starmer sets out stall for digital ID scheme
29 Sep Justice & Home Affairs
'Enormous opportunity': Starmer sets out stall for digital ID scheme
PM pitches proposals as a crackdown on illegal working –15 years after Blair-era scheme bit the dust
Border Force staff balloted for strike action
24 Sep Justice & Home Affairs
Border Force staff balloted for strike action
Patrol-boat workers’ dispute focuses on terms, conditions and “frozen” allowances
HMPPS names next chief executive
19 Sep Justice & Home Affairs
HMPPS names next chief executive
MoJ chief operating officer James McEwen will take helm of Prison and Probation Service next month 
Home Office offers up to £190k for digital and innovation head
18 Sep Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office offers up to £190k for digital and innovation head
Successful candidate will have a team of around 4,000 and an annual budget of approximately £1.8bn
Duty of candour: Hillsborough Law gets first reading in parliament
17 Sep Justice & Home Affairs
Duty of candour: Hillsborough Law gets first reading in parliament
Bill will oblige civil servants and authorities to prevent cover-ups such as the 1989 football-stadium disaster and the Horizon IT scandal
Criminal Cases Review Commission: Growing caseload prompts ‘essential’ recruitment drive
29 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Criminal Cases Review Commission: Growing caseload prompts ‘essential’ recruitment drive
The body is seeking a “small, immediate expansion of the team" amid caseload pressures
Home Office plans ‘new independent body’ to deal with asylum appeals
26 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office plans ‘new independent body’ to deal with asylum appeals
Proposals will end “completely unacceptable delays”, according to home secretary Yvette Cooper
Cabinet Office targets £350m savings from Child Benefit fraud
22 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Cabinet Office targets £350m savings from Child Benefit fraud
Pilot inspires creation of 200-strong team in clampdown on claimants who have left the country
Home Office faces turmoil over asylum-seeker hotels, ex-perm sec says
21 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office faces turmoil over asylum-seeker hotels, ex-perm sec says
David Normington warns department will be “in a bind” if more councils take legal action to shut down accommodation
CPS warns large organisations to prepare for new fraud offence
19 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
CPS warns large organisations to prepare for new fraud offence
Looming law change will make big business, charities and other organisations responsible for preventing fraud committed by employees
'AI for all': MoJ launches AI action plan for civil servants
12 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
'AI for all': MoJ launches AI action plan for civil servants
All staff members to get "secure, enterprise-grade AI assistants" by December
Eight in 10 prison and probation staff unhappy with early release schemes
07 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Eight in 10 prison and probation staff unhappy with early release schemes
Survey finds workforce is more optimistic about planned “Texas-style” system
Independent review dubs prisons-capacity crisis ‘systemic’
05 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
Independent review dubs prisons-capacity crisis ‘systemic’
Senior officials “so concerned” about breakdown in criminal justice system they prepared a paper trail for a future public or parliamentary inquiry
National Crime Agency gets funding for 300 extra officers
04 Aug Justice & Home Affairs
National Crime Agency gets funding for 300 extra officers
New recruits to focus on gathering intelligence to help stop small boat smugglers
Home Office wrote off £48.5m after scrapping plan to use RAF base for asylum seekers
29 Jul Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office wrote off £48.5m after scrapping plan to use RAF base for asylum seekers
Ministers axed RAF Scampton project after Home Office review found it did not represent value for money
MoJ confirms rollout of ‘Texas-style’ Intensive Supervision Courts
28 Jul Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ confirms rollout of ‘Texas-style’ Intensive Supervision Courts
Strictly-monitored community sentences for substance-abuse driven criminals aim to slash reoffending rates
Home Office perm sec orders review of disciplinary procedures
21 Jul Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec orders review of disciplinary procedures
Review launched as report suggests senior Border Force official was found to have breached the department’s policies on appropriate behaviour but faced no formal consequences
Home Office to set up cross-government team to monitor delivery of target to halve VAWG
21 Jul Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office to set up cross-government team to monitor delivery of target to halve VAWG
Department accepts NAO recommendation and says it is “developing options for this joint team to align with the delivery phase of the upcoming VAWG Strategy”
NCA officer jailed for stealing Bitcoin he helped to confiscate
18 Jul Justice & Home Affairs
NCA officer jailed for stealing Bitcoin he helped to confiscate
Paul Chowles handed five-and-a-half year sentence after pocketing cryptocurrency from Silk Road 2.0 co-founder
Violence against women and girls: cross-government coordination 'remains inadequate', MPs warn
11 Jul Justice & Home Affairs
Violence against women and girls: cross-government coordination 'remains inadequate', MPs warn
Home Affairs Committee says it is “unconvinced” the Home Office has the “capacity or imagination” to deliver the government's VAWG target