Home Office names new second perm sec
10 Jun Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office names new second perm sec
Tricia Hayes will succeed Shona Dunn as No.2 at Marsham Street
Immigration watchdog launches hiring drive as ex-inspector says understaffing a 'nightmare'
09 Jun Justice & Home Affairs
Immigration watchdog launches hiring drive as ex-inspector says understaffing a 'nightmare'
Up to 14 jobs on offer as chief inspector begins new programme of work
HMPPS notches up recruitment record for probation officers
04 Jun Justice & Home Affairs
HMPPS notches up recruitment record for probation officers
Service hires more than 1,000 new trainees in a single year as disastrous reforms are reversed
Former MoJ perm sec set to run Cambridge college
26 May Justice & Home Affairs
Former MoJ perm sec set to run Cambridge college
Richard Heaton cleared to become warden of Robinson College from October
Truss admits ‘fundamental disagreements’ with LGBT+ advisory panel
26 May Justice & Home Affairs
Truss admits ‘fundamental disagreements’ with LGBT+ advisory panel
Equalities secretary tells MPs self-identification for gender-recognition was at the heart of fallout with disbanded committee
Home Office talks up digital visa plan
26 May Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office talks up digital visa plan
Priti Patel claims tech-based system will provide ‘a far clearer picture of who is here and whether they should be’
Windrush payout delays continue as claims take five times longer to process than expected
21 May Justice & Home Affairs
Windrush payout delays continue as claims take five times longer to process than expected
Compensation scheme was launched before the Home Office was ready, NAO says
Patel and Rycroft under fire for 'inaccurate' evidence on asylum-seeker camps
18 May Justice & Home Affairs
Patel and Rycroft under fire for 'inaccurate' evidence on asylum-seeker camps
MPs demand home secretary explain "contradictions" between evidence she gave on Napier Barracks and inspection report
Windrush: Compensation claims filed two years ago still not settled
04 May Justice & Home Affairs
Windrush: Compensation claims filed two years ago still not settled
Home Office figures show 281 claims being processed were submitted more than a year ago
Home Office appoints new Windrush compensation scheme adviser
26 Apr Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office appoints new Windrush compensation scheme adviser
Appointment comes eight months after recruitment opened
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