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”
Home Office delays workforce review
15 Feb 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office delays workforce review
Home secretary Suella Braverman has halted the Migration Advisory Committee's shortage occupation list review
Crown Prosecution Service rebuked for losing sexual assault and rape case data Exclusive
15 Feb 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Crown Prosecution Service rebuked for losing sexual assault and rape case data
ICO has reprimanded CPS for poor processes after it lost case files and interviews of assault victims
Counter-terror Prevent duty could be expanded to DWP, Border Force and asylum staff
09 Feb 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Counter-terror Prevent duty could be expanded to DWP, Border Force and asylum staff
Braverman accepts 34 review recommendations but opponents criticise increased focus on Islamist threat
Home Office U-turns on Windrush inquiry recommendations
27 Jan 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office U-turns on Windrush inquiry recommendations
Suella Braverman drops three measures government was previously expected to implement
Anti-strike legislation 'reprehensible and vindictive', union says
11 Jan 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Anti-strike legislation 'reprehensible and vindictive', union says
PCS pledges to fight bill aimed at maintaining minimum service levels in Border Force and elsewhere
'Retirement regret', Braverman blasts 'low' productivity – and other civil service news you may have missed over Christmas
04 Jan 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
'Retirement regret', Braverman blasts 'low' productivity – and other civil service news you may have missed over Christmas
The ex-officials considering a return to work, ALBs under the microscope: catch up on the stories you missed
Home Office perm sec Matthew Rycroft dedicates New Year knighthood to 'unsung' public servants
03 Jan 2023 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec Matthew Rycroft dedicates New Year knighthood to 'unsung' public servants
Award “is for the countless public servants who are doing a brilliant job... with little credit”, Rycroft says