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
Immigration services union doubtful “massively theoretical” Rwanda plan will go ahead
22 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Immigration services union doubtful “massively theoretical” Rwanda plan will go ahead
The Immigration Services Union says court decision that deportation policy is lawful "isn't going to change anything anytime soon"
MoJ leads £4m deal on heat and motion sensors to measure office occupancy
19 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
MoJ leads £4m deal on heat and motion sensors to measure office occupancy
Technology will report on whether desks and meeting rooms are occupied or not and numbers of people leaving or entering part of a building
Home Office Rwanda deportation policy is legal, court rules
19 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office Rwanda deportation policy is legal, court rules
But judges say cases of eight asylum seekers who were due to be deported earlier this year were not properly considered by the home secretary
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
16 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
Military personnel for Border Force, NHS and other strikes will cost roughly £4,000 a week per soldier
Civil service strikes: Border Force to strike at six airports over Christmas
08 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Civil service strikes: Border Force to strike at six airports over Christmas
A thousand passport-checking officials are set to go on strike for eight days, PCS has announced
Raab says 'no one ever raised a complaint or grievance' over bullying claims
07 Dec 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Raab says 'no one ever raised a complaint or grievance' over bullying claims
Justice secretary says no one spoke to him about his behaviour before formal complaints were submitted last month
Home Office accused of 'creating preventable' health risk after asylum centre diphtheria outbreak
29 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office accused of 'creating preventable' health risk after asylum centre diphtheria outbreak
After suspected cases among asylum seekers dispersed from Manston, expert says situation "should have been prevented through joint working"
DBS back-office staff threaten ‘indefinite’ industrial action
29 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
DBS back-office staff threaten ‘indefinite’ industrial action
PCS chief says billionaire employer can “easily” end pay dispute – plus, more HMCTS strikes announced
Home Office perm sec: 'I still don't have evidence Rwanda scheme is value for money'
25 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec: 'I still don't have evidence Rwanda scheme is value for money'
Cost of controversial partnership rises to £140m as Rycroft admits there is no sign of deterrent effect yet
Passport Office crisis ‘fixed’, says Braverman – but no promise of return to pre-Covid processing target
25 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Passport Office crisis ‘fixed’, says Braverman – but no promise of return to pre-Covid processing target
Braverman says 99% of applications are now being processed within 10 weeks
Dominic Raab ‘facing series of bullying complaints’ from ex-private secretaries
24 Nov 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Dominic Raab ‘facing series of bullying complaints’ from ex-private secretaries
Justice secretary is already being investigated over two formal complaints