PM 'considering findings' of Raab bullying investigation
20 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
PM 'considering findings' of Raab bullying investigation
Report landed on Sunak's desk this morning
1,000 more Passport Office staff to strike for 'reasonable' pay offer
20 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
1,000 more Passport Office staff to strike for 'reasonable' pay offer
PCS follows through on warning to escalate industrial action following 4.5% pay award announcement
WhatsApp and private email banned for government use at higher security tiers
14 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
WhatsApp and private email banned for government use at higher security tiers
Officials are warned that, if they choose to use non-corporate channels, they must 'be prepared to defend your choices'
GCHQ to get first female chief
12 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
GCHQ to get first female chief
MI5 deputy DG Anne Keast-Butler will take helm of intelligence and security hub next month
DLUHC faces new cladding concerns nearly six years after Grenfell
06 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
DLUHC faces new cladding concerns nearly six years after Grenfell
Perm sec Sarah Healey is asked whether department can give assurances that it knows about all problem high-rises
Passport delays: staff were 'fighting a losing battle against poor planning'
06 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Passport delays: staff were 'fighting a losing battle against poor planning'
Passport Office "let down" hundreds of thousands of customers despite planning for applications surge, PAC says
Home Office rapped for ‘disappointing’ fraud failings
04 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office rapped for ‘disappointing’ fraud failings
MPs voice litany of concerns over coordination of national efforts to combat major strand of crime
Debt management function moves from Cabinet Office to Treasury
03 Apr 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Debt management function moves from Cabinet Office to Treasury
Rishi Sunak also announces Home Office gets responsibility for Fraud Act 2006
HMCTS boss: We are ‘making amends’ for Common Platform issues
30 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
HMCTS boss: We are ‘making amends’ for Common Platform issues
Nick Goodwin says addressing stress concerns over controversial case-management system is organisation’s “number one priority”
Home Office spends a third of UK foreign aid budget 'without effective oversight'
29 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office spends a third of UK foreign aid budget 'without effective oversight'
Department's use of ODA budget on refugee and asylum seeker costs has caused major disruption to FCDO aid programme, watchdog says
Met Police reviewer worried home secretary ‘doesn’t understand the size of reform needed’
23 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Met Police reviewer worried home secretary ‘doesn’t understand the size of reform needed’
Louise Casey says Suella Braverman's job is not to support the Met commissioner to do what he wants
Court officials vote to end Common Platform dispute with HMCTS
22 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Court officials vote to end Common Platform dispute with HMCTS
PCS general secretary lauds "huge victory" as 66% of members back a deal negotiated by the union
Home Office police recruitment demands 'pushed Met focus away from diversity and skills'
21 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office police recruitment demands 'pushed Met focus away from diversity and skills'
Recruitment programme a "missed opportunity", finds review warning of racism, homophobia, misogyny and ableism in Met Police
Passport Office staff to strike for five weeks as union ramps up pay dispute
17 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Passport Office staff to strike for five weeks as union ramps up pay dispute
Around 1,000 Passport Office staff are set to strike, close to a quarter of the organisation's workforce
High Court rejects challenge to Civil Service Pension Scheme costs
15 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
High Court rejects challenge to Civil Service Pension Scheme costs
Judge sides with ministers over failure to reduce member contributions because of botched reforms
Union 'wins significant concessions' that could end HMCTS dispute
14 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Union 'wins significant concessions' that could end HMCTS dispute
PCS asks legal advisers and court associates to back offer on Common Platform IT system
Home Office paid Motorola £45m to end Emergency Services Network contract early
13 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office paid Motorola £45m to end Emergency Services Network contract early
NAO report finds that ultimate costs, delivery date and likelihood of success of £12bn-plus programme all remain uncertain
Braverman accused of placing Border Force staff ‘at risk’
10 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Braverman accused of placing Border Force staff ‘at risk’
Union says home secretary’s migrant-boats statements are politicising officials and exposing them to danger
Home Office perm sec 'proud of challenge' civil servants provide on immigration policy Exclusive
09 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec 'proud of challenge' civil servants provide on immigration policy
Matthew Rycroft's comments came before Suella Braverman accused "activist" civil servants of "blocking" ministers' immigration reforms
Government's plans to limit strikes ‘incompatible’ with human rights law
06 Mar 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Government's plans to limit strikes ‘incompatible’ with human rights law
Anti-strikes bill that could affect Border Force civil servants is “heavy-handed” and “flawed”, committee says
Asylum backlog hits record high as Home Office launches 'streamlined' applications
24 Feb 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Asylum backlog hits record high as Home Office launches 'streamlined' applications
More than 160,000 people waiting on asylum decisions – quadruple the number at the end of 2019
HMCTS has ‘limited understanding’ of savings £1.3bn reforms are delivering
23 Feb 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
HMCTS has ‘limited understanding’ of savings £1.3bn reforms are delivering
Costs have risen and projected savings have decreased amid Common Platform woes, NAO says
British embassy staffer who spied for Russia gets 13 years in jail
17 Feb 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
British embassy staffer who spied for Russia gets 13 years in jail
Berlin-based David Smith was “motivated by greed and a hatred of our country” says Crown Prosecution Service
MoJ extends life of Nightingale courts to combat case backlogs
17 Feb 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ extends life of Nightingale courts to combat case backlogs
Embattled justice secretary Dominic Raab says government is “determined to provide the swift justice that victims deserve”